PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.15 No.34, August 25, 2022 Article TypeEpidemiology and SurveillanceNoncommunicable Disease Statistics

• Epidemiology and Surveillance 2022-08-25

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  The Status of Genomic Surveillance of the COVID-19 Variant Virus in the Gyeongnam Region

  Seondo Hwang, Dongcheol Park, Eunju Lee, Seonghee Lee, Byunghak Kang

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(34): 2412-2422 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2022.15.34.2412

  

  

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  The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which emerged at the end of 2019, displayed genetic variation in the replication and transmission stage. As a result, COVID-19 viruses spread globally. The aim of this report was to conduct genomic surveillance in the Gyeongnam region of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The ROK's Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) was established and five Regional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were newly established to actively defend against COVID-19. The Division of Laboratory Diagnosis Analysis conduct genomic surveillance to track and analyze the source of infection and to identify genetic mutations of the COVID-19 virus. The findings of this report were that new variants of COVID-19 like alpha, delta, omicron emerged in the Gyeongnam region. This report recommended continuous genomic surveillance for new variants.

• Noncommunicable Disease Statistics 2022-08-25

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  Trends in Hypertension and Diabetes Patients and Medical Expenses, 2009-2020

  Public Health Weekly Report 2022; 15(34): 2432-2433 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2022.15.34.2432

  

  

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