Welcome back.
ON VIEW POINT... today...
we touch upon... the ongoing pandemic... as well as... the spread of MONKEYPOX... across
non-endemic countries.
For more...
I have Professor David Kwak... from Soon Chun Hyang University.
Professor Kwak... it's good... to have you... here.
I also have Doctor Kim Seung-taek ... from Institut Pasteur Korea.
Doctor Kim... it's been... a while.
Welcome back.
1) Professor Kwak...
some are saying...
the decline in our daily COVID-19 tally... appears... to be STALLING... and... that a
resurgence is likely...
late summer... or early autumn.
Do you share this outlook?
2) Meanwhile...
Doctor Kim... on a bright note...
I believe...
there has been some tangible progress... on the local vaccine
development front.
Do tell us more.
2-2) Doctor Kim... what has been shared... about the potential side effects... of SKYCovione?
3) Professor Kwak... over in the U.S.... children...
as young as six months old... are now eligible... for COVID-19 vaccination.
That being said... and keeping in mind the expected COVID-19 resurgence...
do you suppose...
Korea needs... to adopt... a similar strategy?
And if so... how can we work... to rally public support... for this inoculation campaign?
4) Doctor Kim... what is your advice... with regard... to booster shots... amid widespread
concerns...
over waning COVID-19 protection... especially this coming autumn?
5) Professor Kwak, do you envision a return to tough COVID-19 restrictions IF the rebound
this autumn is severe?
I mean, what are some of the restrictions that should be enforced and those that we
do not require?
6) Doctor Kim... we've talked about... the advances... on the local vaccine front.
Now... have there been any similar advances... on the treatment front?
7) Professor Kwak... authorities...
here... are compiling data on LONG COVID.
That being said...
what can you share with us... about the presence.. of this post-infection syndrome...
here in the country?
Have you treated any such patients?
8) Beyond COVID-19...
Doctor Kim... the World Health Organization says...
MONKEYPOX has reached over 50 nations...
with at least 4-thousand
confirmed cases...
including one... here
in South Korea.
Regardless of this reality... the organization has decided...
MONKEYPOX is NOT a public health emergency... of international concern as of now.
What are your thoughts?
9) Professor Kwak... the U.S. is now offering MONKEYPOX VACCINES...
in states... with mounting caseloads.
Should we be preparing... for a similar campaign... in the near future?
10-1) Doctor Kim...
I understand that you
can be infected with MONKEYPOX.... for more than a week... and
NOT be aware... because symptoms begin to
show later.
Do tell us more.
10-2) Doctor Kim... upon infection...
why does MONKEYPOX affect children...
more severely?
All right