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| Development of COVID-19 App | As a small
step to help the world suffering from the
pandemic, the AFMC developed a COVID-19
app and released it for anyone to use for free.
In March 2020, a medical officer on active duty
developed several mobile apps related to the
pandemic, namely the "COVID-19 Patient
Severity Classification" app, a self-diagnostic app Captain Huh Joon-nyeong develops the COVID-19
Checkup app
that determines whether one needs to be tested
for COVID-19, the "COVID-19 Checkup" app and the "Our Health
Protection" app to record health conditions such as body temperature and
share such record with designated people.
Among them, the "COVID-19 Checkup" app was listed as a COVID-19
3)
solution for the World Health Organization’s DHA project . Since then, the
AFMC improved all app services related to COVID-19 and developed an
integrated version of the "COVID-19 Checkup" app, which is widely used
at home and abroad. COVID-19 Checkup app
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3. Support for Government-wide Response to COVID-19
| Defense Rapid Support Team | The ROK
Armed Forces has maintained a solid military
readiness posture in the face of a national
disaster caused by COVID-19, providing active
support for the government-wide response to the
pandemic by mobilizing all available resources as
the "military for the people". The MND has
continued to operate the Defense Rapid Support Daily situation evaluation meeting of the Defense Rapid
Support Team (March 2020)
Team since March 2020 to effectively deal with
COVID-19, which shows different aspects from previous disasters such as a rising transportation
demand throughout the nation. To enhance the efficiency of support, the Defense Rapid Support Team
integrated the support system for civil authorities and established five dedicated teams (epidemic control,
supplies, transportation, facilities, and welfare) and regional dedicated units for permanent operations,
3) Digital Health Atlas is a project that finds solutions around the world to provide help to the medical field with the latest
digital technology and offer them to the world.
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