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S.Korea mandates QR codes to log customers after nightclub COVID-19 outbreak

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Daewoung Kim and Soohyun Mah, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/06/02/sk.jpg"/><figcaption>Quarantine worker spray disinfectants in front of a night club on the night spots in the Itaewon neighborhood, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2020. Yonhap/via Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>SEOUL - South Korea is testing a new quick response (QR) code system this week to log visitors at high-risk entertainment facilities, restaurants and churches in a bid to track coronavirus cases and prevent further spread of the disease.The decision to mandate QR codes to register visitors&#x27; identities came after authorities struggled to trace people who had visited a number of nightclubs and bars at the center of a virus outbreak last month after much of the information on handwritten visitor logs was found to be false or incomplete.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/08/20/skorea-tracks-new-coronavirus-outbreak-in-seoul-nightclubs">S.Korea tracks new coronavirus outbreak in Seoul nightclubs</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/28/20/south-korea-restores-some-restrictions-to-combat-new-virus-outbreaks">South Korea restores some restrictions to combat new virus outbreaks</a></li></ul>Starting June 10, visitors to nightclubs, bars, karaoke clubs, daytime discos, indoor gyms that hold group exercises, and indoor standing concert halls, will be required to use any of a number of commercially available apps to generate a one-time, personalized QR code that can be scanned at the door.Local governments may also designate other high-risk facilities such as libraries, hospitals, restaurants or churches.The person&#x27;s information will be logged in a database kept by the Social Security Information Service for four weeks, before it is automatically deleted, according to South Korea&#x27;s Ministry of Health and Welfare.Ahead of the rollout of the new system, the ministry is testing the system at 17 facilities, including entertainment spots, churches, libraries, restaurants and a hospital.Some local governments have already implemented similar QR requirements after the nightclub outbreak, which led to at least 270 cases and raised fears of a second wave of infections.Seongdong-gu, a district in the capital city of Seoul, established QR code systems at 172 facilities, according to the district office.&quot;I think customers feel safer as personal information is managed under the control of a government system, not individually by us,&quot; said Cheon Min-woo, who manages an internet cafe in Seongdong-gu.Shin No-ah, a 19-year-old university student who was visiting the internet cafe, said the system was convenient and it was worth the privacy trade-off.&quot;Regarding the privacy infringement issue, we just give our mobile phone number, so it is essential for government to trace coronavirus cases.&quot;

South Korea is testing a new quick response (QR) code system this week to log visitors at high-risk entertainment facilities, restaurants and churches in a bid to track coronavirus cases and prevent further spread of the disease.

South Korea is testing a new quick response (QR) code system this week to log visitors at high-risk entertainment facilities, restaurants and churches in a bid to track coronavirus cases and prevent further spread of the disease.

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S.Korea mandates QR codes to log customers after nightclub COVID-19 outbreak

Daewoung Kim and Soohyun Mah,

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Published Jun 02, 2020 11:10 AM PHT

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