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Volume 30, Number 6—June 2024
Research

Trends in Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Humans and Animals during COVID-19 Pandemic, South Korea

Taehee Chang, Sung-il Cho, Dae sung Yoo, and Kyung-Duk MinComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (T. Chang, S. Cho); Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul (S. Cho); Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea (D. Yoo); Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea (K.-D. Min)

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Table 1

Changes in social distancing policies used in a study of trends in nationally notifiable infectious diseases in humans and animals during COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea

Time period and social distancing level General description of terms
June 2020–November 2020
1 Distancing in daily life
2 Moderate social distancing
3
 Intensive social distancing
November 2020–July 2021
1 Distancing in daily life
1.5 Local outbreak initiation
2 Rapid local spread, nationwide spread initiation
2.5 Nationwide outbreak intensification
3
 Nationwide major epidemic
July 27, 2021 onward
1 Sustained suppression phase
2 Regional outbreak
3 Regional epidemic
4 Nationwide epidemic

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