Although the corona19 outbreak from the club in Itaewon, Seoul, is spreading, there are more than 3,000 unreachable visitors from the five clubs that are the epicenter, raising concerns about the community's 'quiet spread'.

Quarantine authorities use a credit card history inquiry to find out who can't reach you, and ask police and telecommunication companies to cooperate.

However, the process of finding hidden visitors is not easy, and it is difficult to punish those who did not receive contact from the quarantine authorities.

According to the Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters, the city of Seoul secured a list of 5,517 club visitors in Itaewon from April 24 to May 6, and instructed them to speak to over 2,000 of them.

However, the remaining 3,000 are not contacted.

It is presumed that you do not contact the phone number properly or avoid contact even if you do not.

In order to prevent the spread of infections in the metropolitan area, the quarantine authorities believe that it is a priority to find unreachable visitors, and from the weekend, credit card information received through the Credit Credit Association is delivered to each local government.

They also urged the police and telecommunications companies to cooperate.

However, it is difficult to know which club you have visited from the base station information of the carrier, and the CC (closed circuit) TV is also in a dark environment, so it seems that there will be restrictions on actively using this information to find visitors.

At the regular briefing held at the Sejong Government Complex today (11th), Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Central Accident Prevention Headquarters, said, During that time, we have sent disaster safety texts to everyone nationwide. "

He continued, "We are constantly trying to contact about 3,000 people at the same time." In the beginning, the rate of receiving calls from the contact list was low, but it continued to rise.

However, it would be difficult to punish a club visitor if they did not knowingly answer the phone.

"If you refuse an epidemiological investigation or provide false information according to the infectious disease prevention method, you may be punished, but even if you do not answer the phone, you need to consider whether these provisions apply," he said.

Quarantine authorities strongly recommend voluntary inspections of club visitors.

If the authorities say that they visited entertainment facilities in Itaewon as well as clubs at a specific time, the policy is to conduct free inspections and protect personal information.

"It has not been confirmed whether the club where the confirmed team has followed the quarantine guidelines properly," he said. "If it is confirmed that a violation has been made, it will be possible to claim compensation."

He said yesterday that the government is considering expanding the order to ban Itaewon club visits across the country. The.

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