Opening of Integrated Quarantine Information System... Establishing Foundation for 'Infectious Disease Big Data' Construction

KDCA, Infectious Disease Response System Reorganization

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced on the 3rd that it has officially launched the 'Integrated Disease Control Information System.'

The Integrated Disease Control Information System consolidates previously separate infectious disease response systems such as quarantine information systems, infectious disease occurrence reporting, and epidemiological investigations, enabling timely responses to emerging infectious diseases. After a two-week pilot operation in December last year, it began official operation from the previous day (the 2nd).

It is also significant as the first infectious disease big data system established at the KDCA level.

Based on the Integrated Disease Control Information System, the KDCA plans to launch an 'Infectious Disease Big Data Platform' in the first half of the year, providing functions such as statistical production, analysis, and pseudonymization. The agency also intends to open infectious disease data to private researchers to aid in the formulation of disease control policies.

Ji Young-mi, Commissioner of the KDCA, stated, "We will diligently prepare the big data platform scheduled for the first half of the year to thoroughly prepare for the next pandemic."

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