1. Revamp the COVID-19 response system within 100 days

• The KDCA, through the effective response system, such as the locally-focused general medical system, successfully controlled the spread of COVID-19 during the summer and winter of 2022, without introducing uniform social distancing rules.
• The KDCA downgraded the COVID-19 alert level from “Serious” to “Warning” on June 1, 2023.

2. Advance the national governance and response system for infectious diseases

• The KDCA established and operated a National Advisory Committee on Infectious Disease Crisis Response, consisting of diverse private experts, to review national infectious disease response policies (established in June 2022).
• The KDCA announced each set of countermeasures and plans for infectious disease prevention and control of tuberculosis(TB) and healthcare-associated infectious diseases (in the first half of 2023).

3. Overhaul the medical response system for infectious disease emergencies

• The KDCA fostered professional personnel infectious disease emergency response, including providing field training for medical students
• The KDCA supported regional self-sufficiency in infectious disease response, including the establishment of central and regional infectious disease specialized hospitals and the acquisition of negative pressure isolation rooms and isolation beds in each region.