Globally, governments' responses against Covid 19 pandemic are broadly in two camps: elimination strategy or endemic management approach. The highly infectious Delta variant (B1.617) are forcing policymakers to re-examine their countermeasures regardless of their chosen current response strategy.

Asian Boss, an online media platform, has conducted several interviews with Professor Woo Joo Kim, a South Korean infectious disease physician and scientist, since the beginning of this pandemic in early 2020.

For most of 2020, the center of focus for the Covid 19 pandemic was on Europe, the UK, the USA, and Brazil.

When will this pandemic with its disruption of lockdowns and restrictions on everyday life end, and borders re-open for safe and uninterrupted quarantine-free travel?