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"Best confirmed case" in Korea๏น— Write down the details of daily life so that not a single person was infected by him

(5 Mar) There are some unethical behaviors conducted by patients who were diagnosed with Coronavirus. When they knew they were tested positive, they still decided not to quarantine. As a result, they spread the virus to hundreds or even thousands of innocent people.

Today, the Korean media reported the case of an acclaimed "the best confirmed case". He was diagnosed and was identified as the "1129" patient in Incheon, South Korea, at the end of last month.

Unwilling to bother others, when he suspected that he was sick at the end of January,  he carefully wrote down his daily life in detail for 25 consecutive days, writing a 38-page record. He also minimized going out, avoiding contact with other people, eventually succeeded without infecting others.

The patient, according to the report, was originally a tourism commentator. As early as January 23-26, he has provided on-site explanations for tourists from mainland China in tourist attractions such as Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. Later on February 1, he began to feel sore throat and neck pain, and his chest was a little stuffy. He began to suspect that he was infected by coronavirus. In the attempt to avoid affecting others, he immediately took a vacation for the day to stay home to rest. He also carefully recorded the symptoms and treatment each day.

In the early days, he had consulted the health center, but since he did not have a fever, and had no record of traveling to China, the health center did not perform any coronavirus test.

Even though he went out to visit the doctor several times in early February, he would only go to the surrounding hospital. In addition, in order to minimize the contact with others, he avoided taking public transportation such as buses and subways. For the places that can be travelled on foot, he would walk it. Only for places that might take more than 1 hour of walking then he will take the taxi.

He would record every detail of the itinerary-"January 24, around 12:10 am on foot to Daohe Station ... Take the subway at about 12:30, get off at Jongno 3 Street Station and transfer to No. 3 line..."

Although he only lived with his mother, he was worried about the health of his elderly mother. When he was home, he would strictly follow the health management policy of the Department of Disease Management. To wear sanitary gloves and masks at all times, and thoroughly disinfected the tablewares after used.

As a result, even if he tested negative for the first time for the virus, his second test came back positive on February 23. But because he suspected that he had been infected for the past half month and was being cautious, not only did he prevent the virus from transmitting to his mother, the epidemic prevention department could trace the 23 people who had contacted him through his diary in a timely manner. As a result, none of them were infected, and the last line of defense was kept.

It is no wonder that Incheon used his experience as a role model to produce a poster saying, "If all suspected patients act like him, we can minimize the chance of spreading the virus around."

Source of report:
https://news.joins.com/article/23721284

Source: Facebook
https://bit.ly/2WmrTqI

Further reading:
Why are Koreaโ€™s Covid-19 death rates so low?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18611

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China defends legal detention of Uighur model in Xinjiang in the video published by BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released a video that Merdan Ghappar, a 31-year-old Uighur model, was detained in a Chinese detention camp and handcuffed to a bed earlier this month. More than two weeks later, Chinese officials responded to the BBC that Mr. Ghappar was โ€œlawfully detainedโ€.

The BBC quoted a statement written by the Xinjiang government that according to Article 37 of the Prison Law of the People's Republic of China, the peopleโ€™s government shall assist released prisoners to settle. The statement explained that Mr. Ghappar had committed self-harm and โ€œexcessive acts against the policeโ€ during the transfer. Therefore, law enforcement officials took legal measures to stop him and lifted those measures after he stabilised emotionally. The statement mentioned Mr. Ghappar resisted epidemic prevention staff when they tried to check his body temperature, verbally insulted them and attacked them. Due to these illegal behaviours, the police had taken forcible measures and the case remained in process. However, the statement did not respond to the allegations in Mr. Ghapparโ€™s film about the unsanitary conditions of the detention camp and the beatings. Relevant statement cannot be found.

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Source: Stand News #Aug18