Statement on healthcare system preparedness in response to COVID-19 Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 surge in Korea from the Korean Pediatric Society and Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pediatrics, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
• ² Department of Pediatrics, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
• ³ Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
• ⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
• ⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
• ⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
• ⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
• ⁸ Department of Pediatrics, CHA University School of Medicine, Pocheon, Korea.
• ⁹ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea.
• ¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, Korea.
• ¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
• ¹² Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
• ¹³ Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan Universtiy School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.