Control Corona without Lockdown? Yes..Southkorea Did it! Yes, One country did it without a economic and social LOCKDOWN for the rest of the world to watch and learn. South Korean President is already receiving calls from all world leaders to learn from the best practices followed by Korea. From late February to early March 2020, South Korea Corona cases went from few dozen to a few hundred to several thousand. First Look at Their Numbers and Get Amazed By Feb 29, South Korea saw 909 new cases a day in a country of 50 million.

In the next 7 days , the number of new cases halved.

In next 4 days, the number of new cases halved again.

In next 1 day, the number of new cases halved again.

On Mar 22, the number of new cases were 64, the fewest in last 1 month. Remember, all this while country was NOT under lockdown and with all the economic activity going on unlike Europe, USA and India. Till now only 2 countries have been able to flatten out the curve of this corona virus outbreak – China and South korea. China with a strict lockdown, and Southkorea with a swift action plan. Life was never under lockdown for citizens in southkorea all along.

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France and Sweden President and WHO head have already talked to South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, to request details on the country’s measures. “We are hoping that we have passed the peak, taking the numbers into consideration, and cautiously expecting we have passed the peak,” South Korean Health Minister Park Neunghoo said in an exclusive interview with CNN. A flattened curve, where the R0 ( R Naught) is 1 or less than 1, the disease remains under control and no longer an epidemic. This is a much desirable situation for any Govt in the world now. R0 is the average number of people who will catch a disease from one contagious person.

So What did South Korea do Differently?