It was found that about 2,000 out of 5,500 people who visited the Itaewon Club in Seoul, where the corona19 outbreak occurred, were not contacted.

To prevent further expansion of Corona 19, the government has mobilized all available resources such as base station information and card payment information to focus on finding Itaewon club visitors from April 24th.

The number of confirmed Itaewon club related persons has increased to 93.

At the regular briefing of the Central Emergency Disaster Prevention Headquarters (Major Capital) held at the Sejong Government Complex on the 12th, Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Central Accident Prevention Headquarters, announced the current status and actions of each local government related to the Itaewon Club collective infection.

Seoul City secures a list of 5,517 visitors from 5 clubs in Itaewon from April 24 to May 6 to identify and verify the identity of visitors.

Of these, 2,405 were called in person to complete the investigation.

Informational messages have been sent to 1,130 of the remaining 3,112 who do not answer calls.

About 1,982 people who can't reach you are being checked through base station information and club card payment information.

The Yongsan Police Station also secured closed circuit (CC) TV data to support epidemiological investigations.

The government provides free corona19 diagnostic tests to people who have visited the Itaewon area from April 24 to May 6.

Accordingly, the number of inspections doubled.

The diagnostic tests, which were from 4,000 to 5,000 per day, increased to 12,398 yesterday.

To date, there have been over 7,000 inspections in progress involving visitors to Itaewon nightlife.

In particular, Seoul and Jeollabuk-do allowed visitors to the Itaewon club to undergo diagnostic tests without worrying about their identity.

If you wish, you can check by phone number without writing your name.

The government is mobilizing methods such as checking credit card sales slips by businesses and checking CCTVs to identify visitors.

The National Police Agency has established an emergency response team operation system of 8,559 nationwide.

Through this, we plan to identify club visitors whose location is not verified.

He said that the quarantine authorities will strictly protect and respect personal information, and that those who need inspections be assured to respond to the inspections with confidence.

He also said that he would respond to those who do not cooperate with epidemiological investigations with the help of the police through CCTV investigations.

"I understand that some people are reluctant to test because of criticism of the entrepreneur and concerns about unnecessary exposure of personal information," he said. "Because we protect personal information thoroughly, if you suspect virus exposure, please be sure to get tested." I'm giving it. "

In particular, "This Itaewon Club group infection is a situation where there is a high risk of further infection spread because there are many young people in their 20s and 30s and do not have any symptoms and are not aware of themselves." "There are cases of infection, so we need to be careful not to spread the infection to the elderly."