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Volume 31, Number 8—August 2025
Online Report
Optimal Timing for Expanding Diagnostic Laboratories, South Korea
Jae-Sun Park, Gab Jung Kim, and Sang Won Lee
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Figure 3. Numbers of COVID-19 cases and tests in South Korea during January–March 2020. A) Number of newly confirmed cases. B) Number of daily tests. Gray arrows indicate the dates (and numbers) private medical laboratories were integrated into the diagnostic laboratory system. Numbers above bars indicate actual numbers of cases or tests. Lab, laboratory.
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