KT Develops COVID-19 Contact Management System
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[Asia Economy Reporters Choi Dae-yeol and Koo Chae-eun] KT is developing a contact tracing management system for COVID-19. The automation of contact tracing, which has been done manually until now, is expected to speed up quarantine responses significantly.
According to the Public Procurement Service and industry sources on the 2nd, KT was recently selected as the contractor for the "COVID-19 Contact Management and Cloud-Based System Construction Project" announced by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Accordingly, KT will develop an application that issues personal identification QR codes to COVID-19 contacts and enables electronic reservations at screening clinics. KT will also be responsible for developing a computerized system that notifies local governments and quarantine authorities of epidemiological investigations and test results.
Until now, COVID-19 contacts were notified of their exposure by public health centers, then had to confirm and make reservations at screening clinics by phone. At the clinics, questionnaires and reports were manually filled out to proceed with testing. This process caused inefficiencies and the inconvenience of re-entering paper-based data into the system. However, with KT developing a contact distribution application through this project, personal identification QR codes will be newly issued immediately to COVID-19 contacts, and electronic reservations at screening clinics, epidemiological investigations, and test result notifications will all be automated via the app. This will significantly speed up contact confirmation and response.
KT will also undertake the development of a cloud-based new infectious disease integrated information system, ensuring system scalability. This project aligns with KT’s previous efforts such as the infectious disease prevention platform (GEPP) and data center (IDC) projects, marking significant participation in government-commissioned projects utilizing ICT capabilities.
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A KDCA official explained, "This project is being promoted as part of the computerization of quarantine administration in preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is expected to become a system capable of responding to infectious disease outbreaks that may occur periodically in the future." KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo emphasized at the International Telecommunication Union (Broadband Commission) held last September, "It is necessary to use ICT to quickly identify and block sources of infection for infectious diseases like COVID-19."
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