The Pandemic

  • Genre TV Show
  • Content Type Documentary
  • Platform TV Channel
  • Target Age Adults
  • Quantity 60 min 4 Quantity Input

Description

The three pillars of responding to virus are diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Among them, the most effective way to stop the spread of an infectious disease is to minimize the time taken for diagnosis. We have been preparing ourselves for the rise of new virus since the MERS outbreak 5 years ago. Particularly, we’ve been creating a system to assess the accuracy of diagnosis and test methods for new infectious diseases unseen in Korea like the Ebola and Zica virus. The ‘Pan-coronavirus’ test used to diagnose the first Korean case was is too slow, taking 24 hours to final result. It must be brought down to a quarter, about 6 hours. We only have 18 days to solve this problem. Would it be possible to develop a new testing kit, apply for an emergency approval, and mass produce in just 18 days?
We look into the difficulties facing us today and get a hint of the future by watching the people at the frontlines.