SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korean health authorities said on Thursday (May 14) they would revise their practice of publicising the travel routes of coronavirus patients due to fears of a backlash against people who attended nightclubs at the centre of a new outbreak.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - South Korean health authorities said on Thursday they would revise their practice of publicising the travel routes of coronavirus patients due to fears of a backlash against people who attended nightclubs at the centre of a new outbreak.
While clubs and bars were required to log the names and contact phone numbers for all visitors as a condition of reopening, much of the information turned out to be incomplete or false, officials said. South Korea has typically released information like a patient's age, gender, and places visited immediately before testing positive, as well as in some cases, patients' last names and general occupations."The health and quarantine authorities have expanded anonymous testing nationwide to prevent unnecessary violations of privacy," Health Vice-Minister Kim Gang-lip said at a meeting of health authorities on Thursday, according to his office.
South Korea reported 29 new cases as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the country's total to 10,991 with 260 deaths. After officials used cellphone data to discover his workplace, they confirmed at least 11 related infections, including among the man's students.
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