FILE PHOTO: The exterior of a building is illuminated showing messages to support the country, as measures to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue, in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea needs to train for potential infectious disease outbreaks worse than COVID-19 and detailed treatment guidelines, as risks of more frequent such outbreaks rise and public sickbeds remain tight, a senior government official said.
South Korea's early success to tame the novel coronavirus through aggressive contact tracing and testing has been touted by disease experts worldwide as gold standard of how to effectively control infectious disease.
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