Table 1.

National disaster phase in Korea

Phase	Situation	Actions
Attention	•Emerging infectious disease from abroad •Occurrence of infections of unknown cause in the country •Forecast for typhoon and rainfall	Monitoring and preparedness
Caution	•Domestic flows of global emerging infectious diseases •World Health Organization issued a warning of infectious disease •Occurring newly re-emerging infectious disease in the country •Occurring waterborne infectious disease in the large-scale flooding area	Operating cooperation system
Alert	•Spreading to other areas of emerging infectious disease from abroad after entering the domestic area •Spreading to other areas of newly re-emerging infectious disease in the country •Spreading to other areas of waterborne infectious disease	Operating response system
Severe	•Signs of emerging infectious disease from abroad spreads nationwide •Signs of newly emerging infectious disease in the country spreads nationwide •Signs of re-emerging infectious disease in the country spreads nationwide •Signs of waterborne infectious disease spreads nationwide •Sign of disease spreads nationwide. Massive and simultaneous occurrence of infectious disease in the noncontiguous areas, more than 3 provinces or cities	Mobilization of response capabilities