K-Quarantine '3T' International Standardization Promotion Strategy Announced... 'Testing, Tracing, Treatment'

Government: "K-방역모델, a Guide to Creating a Global Standard"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The government announced that it has finalized a promotion strategy to systematize the '3T (Test, Trace, Treat)' as the 'K-Quarantine Model' and establish it as a global standard.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy stated on the 11th at the 6th Emergency Economic Central Countermeasures Headquarters meeting that it will utilize the systematized 18 international standards of the 3T to propose them to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

The roadmap also includes standardization plans for clinical data and reference materials derived from research and development (R&D) related to K-Quarantine.

It will first propose areas that can be immediately standardized, such as the operation procedures of automobile mobile (drive-through) and pedestrian mobile (walk-through) screening clinics.

Areas requiring further research will be submitted sequentially by the first half of 2022.

Among the 18 international standards, six standards are proposed for the Test stage. These include diagnostic reagents and equipment, testing techniques, and screening clinic operation systems.

The Trace stage includes four standards. It covers mobile applications used for tracking and managing self-isolated individuals, electronic medical records (EMR), and epidemiological investigation support systems.

Eight standards are proposed for the Treat stage. These include the operation of residential treatment centers for isolating and treating confirmed cases, social distancing guidelines, and emergency use approval procedures for in vitro diagnostic devices.

Development of standard guidelines for privacy protection methods and procedures during the collection and processing of personal information at key stages such as epidemiology, tracing, and isolation is also being pursued.

Additionally, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety plan to standardize infectious disease quarantine R&D, which will be promoted with the 3rd supplementary budget (government proposal of 163.5 billion KRW) and other resources.

Seong Yun-mo, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, said, "It is particularly meaningful that we are leading the international standardization of a standardized quarantine model that the international community has not been able to present during past deadly infectious disease outbreaks," adding, "Through the international standardization of the 'K-Quarantine Model,' we will strengthen our country's global leadership and use it as a stepping stone to lead a new international order."

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