PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.16 No.36, September 14, 2023 Article TypeQuickStatsSurveillance Reports

• Surveillance Reports 2023-09-14

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  The Status of Genomic Surveillance of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Virus Variants in Chungcheong Region in 2021–2022

  Seon Do Hwang, Jeemin Ha, Ye Na Yun, Sil Jung, Jeong-Hoon Chun*

  Public Health Weekly Report 2023; 16(36): 1257-1271 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2023.16.36.1

  

  

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  The coronavirus disease 2 019 (COVID-19) viruses, which emerged at the end of 2019, displayed genetic variations in the replication and transmission stages. As a result, COVID-19 viruses spread globally in the form of many variants. The aim of this report was to conduct genomic surveillance in the Chungcheong region of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The ROK’s Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has been established and 5 Regional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were newly established to actively defend against COVID-19. Chungcheong Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducts 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, and omicron variants emerged in Chungcheong region. Based on this report, we recommended continuous genomic surveillance for new variants to support scientific disease control.

• QuickStats 2023-09-14

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  Trends in the Prevalence of Hypercholesterolemia, 2012–2021

  Public Health Weekly Report 2023; 16(36): 1272-1273 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2023.16.36.2

  

  

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