Suwon Changes Scope and Method of Public Disclosure of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City announced on the 19th that it will change the scope and method of public disclosure of information on confirmed COVID-19 cases, following the mandate of the Central Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters' "Guidelines for Public Disclosure of Information on Confirmed Patients' Movement Routes."

According to the "Guidelines for Public Disclosure of Information on Confirmed Patients' Movement Routes," information on infected individuals' movement routes and contact status is disclosed in parts necessary for infectious disease prevention, taking into consideration ▲epidemiological reasons ▲legal restrictions ▲protection of confirmed patients' privacy, and other aspects.

Information that can identify individuals, including gender, age, nationality, detailed residence information, and workplace name, will not be disclosed. However, workplace name may be disclosed when there is concern of transmission to unspecified multiple people at the workplace. Information on confirmed cases will be disclosed from two days before symptom onset until the date of isolation.

Locations visited by confirmed cases will not be disclosed if all contacts within that space have been identified. However, they may be disclosed when there are contacts whose identity has not been identified among those identified through epidemiological investigations.

Suwon Mayor Yum Tae-young stated, "As we have done thus far, when confirmed cases occur, we will conduct thorough in-depth epidemiological investigations to identify movement routes and contacts, and will take all necessary measures to prevent additional infections," and urged, "Please remember that confirmed cases are victims of infectious disease and our neighbors, and we ask that you widely understand the changes in the scope and method of information disclosure with a heart of empathy."