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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