Information Technology–Based Tracing Strategy in Response to COVID-19 in South Korea—Privacy Controversies
Sangchul Park, JSD1; Gina Jeehyun Choi, JSD2; Haksoo Ko, JD, PhD3,4
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JAMA. Published online April 23, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.6602
Amid the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, South Korea was one of the next countries after China to be affected by the disease. Confirmed cases in Korea were first reported on January 20, 2020, and spiked from February 20 to 29, 2020.1 Instead of deploying aggressive measures such as immigration control, lockdown, or roadblocks, South Korea mounted a trace, test, and treat strategy.2 This was made possible by the preparations that the country had made after the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak of 2015.