KDCA Wins Grand Prize in Policy Quality Category at the 12th Korea Policy Awards

The Korea Policy Association hosted the '12th Korea Policy Awards,' where the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's project, 'COVID-19 Quarantine Response and Future Infectious Disease Pandemic Response Strategy,' was selected as the grand prize winner. The Korea Policy Association has been discovering and awarding excellent policy cases from central government ministries, local governments, and public institutions since 2010.

This year, in the policy quality category of the Korea Policy Awards, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs were selected as award recipients. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency received high praise for reorganizing the step-by-step response system from the outbreak of COVID-19 to the stabilization of the epidemic and for establishing a joint mid- to long-term plan with related ministries to prepare for future infectious disease threats.

Jiyoungmi, Director of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, stated, "We will actively strive to create a more meticulous infectious disease management and prevention system to protect our citizens from new infectious diseases that may occur again in the future."

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