"Selective Screening and Diagnostic Kit Quarantine Model to Become International Standard"... Public-Private Collaboration

Mobile COVID-19 Testing Site in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] A consultative body between relevant government ministries and private experts is taking its first step to standardize internationally the measures taken by our quarantine authorities in response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

According to the government, the first meeting of the 'K-Quarantine Model' International Standardization Public-Private Expert Consultative Council, held on the 8th, will discuss the future roadmap. The public-private expert consultative council is composed of a policy council that decides policy directions and a working group that reviews international standard proposals.

The policy council consists of 20 members, including officials from related ministries such as the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the Korean Intellectual Property Office, as well as private experts from the medical community, academia, and industry. The chairperson is the head of the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards. On the private side, infectious disease medical experts, medical staff who proposed vehicle-mobile diagnostic testing, companies related to diagnostic kits and screening clinics, information and communication experts such as application developers, and standard patent experts participate.

At the meeting, opinions were exchanged on future plans to promote international standardization related to 18 types of the 'K-Quarantine Model,' including screening clinic operation procedures and standard models for the operation of residential treatment centers. Specific international standard proposals needed for each field will be refined and sequentially proposed to international standardization organizations such as ISO.

Lee Seung-woo, head of the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, said, "The promotion of international standardization of the K-Quarantine Model will be an opportunity to share our technology and experience used in the COVID-19 response process as common knowledge assets of humanity with the international community and to leap from the periphery to the center in the field of health and medical care for the Republic of Korea." He added, "We will closely cooperate with related ministries and international organizations."

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