Gangbuk-gu Real-Time Tracking of 'COVID-19 Untested Individuals'

Self-developed 'COVID-19 Spread Prevention Support System'... Pre-detects untested individuals and sends notification texts... Infectious disease facility departments can easily use it via internal administrative network

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangbuk-gu (Mayor Park Gyeom-su) has established a support system to identify in real time those who have not been tested for COVID-19 despite overlapping movement paths with confirmed cases.

This support system is named the ‘COVID-19 Spread Prevention Support System.’ It operates by comparing and analyzing phone numbers collected during epidemiological investigations with those entered at screening clinics. The district hastened the development of this system after family infections occurred because some visitors who had been to the same facilities as confirmed cases did not get tested for COVID-19 in time.

To prevent chain infections from untested individuals, the district developed the system internally and installed it on the internal administrative network starting this month. Not only medical staff but also departments managing multi-use facilities can use the support system, enabling rapid and efficient infectious disease response operations.

COVID-19 response personnel send text messages guiding untested individuals by industry type at multi-use facilities such as general restaurants to visit screening clinics. Any special notes are recorded in the system and immediately communicated. Previously, since facility inspection status data was not aggregated in real time, managing the target individuals took a lot of time.

The overall testing status is provided by default in the system, and lists of untested individuals by facility can be searched directly. It is possible to query by date, and basic data such as collected phone numbers and individuals who have moved from other regions are easily registered in bulk in the system.

Park Gyeom-su, Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, said, “COVID-19 testing is most important to prevent chain infections in advance,” and added, “This support system to identify untested individuals is expected to greatly help prevent the spread of COVID-19.”

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