World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia COVID-19 health system response monitor: Republic of Korea

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. [...] OBS, along with and for the WHO Regional Office for Europe, developed the initial concept for the country COVID-19 health system response monitor and used it to capture the situation in most Member States of the European Region. [...] The place where the treatment is given is determined by the severity of illness of the patients and other factors. [...] The cohorts are groups based on the results of microbiological testing and clinical diagnosis depending on the epidemiology of the source of infection or method of transmission (30).