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. 2022 Jan:13:100214.
doi: 10.1016/j.pdisas.2022.100214. Epub 2022 Jan 5.

A strategic response map for cascading pandemics: Lessons learned from the response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea

Yong-Kyun Kim  1 , Wan Chul Yoon  2 , Jaekyung Lee  3 , Jean-Luc Poncelet  4 , Glenn Dolcemascolo  5 , Hong-Gyoo Sohn  6
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A strategic response map for cascading pandemics: Lessons learned from the response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea

Yong-Kyun Kim et al. Prog Disaster Sci. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

COVID 19 is a still on-going fatal risk that affects the whole world. COVID-19 pandemic has been characterized as a systemic risk. Accordingly, this paper aims to identify the features of systemic risk of COVID-19 and draw policy implications for effective response. For this, we traced the COVID-19 related risk in Korea from January 2020 to August 2021 by utilizing the official data of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. Analyzing the relationship between anticipated, emerging, amplified, and lingering risk and response measure through actual data, it was revealed that the risk flow model for cascading risk proposed by the author can be readily applied. In addition, through the analysis of actual response measures against the risks for 1 year and 8 months, the authors proposed a strategic response map against cascading pandemics. Five policy implication derived through this study can be extended for identifying strategic approach against cascading pandemics and for developing guidelines for effective preparedness, risk reduction, and resilience building.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cascading disaster; Republic of Korea; Strategic response map.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Risk management flow retrieved from Kim et al. [9].
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Risk management flow in Phase I.
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Risk management flow in Phase II.
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Risk management flow in Phase III.
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Strategic response map against cascading pandemics.
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