Coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in South Korea. What’s the secret to its success?

@article{Normile2020CoronavirusCH,
  title={Coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in South Korea. What’s the secret to its success?},
  author={Dennis Normile},
  journal={Science},
  year={2020}
}
Europe is now the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic Case counts and deaths are soaring in Italy, Spain, France, and Germany, and many countries have imposed lockdowns and closed borders Meanwhile, the United States, hampered by a fiasco with delayed and faulty test kits, is just guessing at its COVID-19 burden, though experts believe it is on the same trajectory as countries in Europe 
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