Seongnam City Expands COVID-19 'Safe Call Entry Management System' to Clinics and Hospitals

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province is expanding the 'Safe Call Entry Management System' to neighborhood clinics and hospitals.

On the 16th, Seongnam City announced that it will install the Safe Call Entry Management System, which allows visit records to be confirmed with a single phone call, at 310 neighborhood clinics and hospitals designated as COVID-19 vaccination consignment medical institutions in the region.

Safe Call is a system where visitors call a provided phone number upon entering a business or institution and enter a 4-digit safe code, after which the visitor's entry time and mobile phone number are transmitted to a separate computer server.

The collected information is used solely for epidemiological investigations and transmission prevention to curb the spread of COVID-19 and is automatically deleted after four weeks.

The biggest advantage is that epidemiological investigations and contact tracing can be conducted quickly when confirmed cases occur.

Visitors also find it convenient as they do not need to stand in long lines to scan QR codes for each business or write down their names and phone numbers by hand.

This system was previously installed from April 19 to July 13 at 12,556 restaurants and cafes, 3,095 hair and beauty salons, 2,779 academies and private institutes, 1,326 indoor sports facilities, 520 karaoke rooms, 486 entertainment venues, 263 reading rooms and study cafes, and 780 other locations in the region.

The city reported that up to 40,969 Safe Calls per day were utilized for epidemiological investigations.

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