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S’ Korea to use electronic wristbands on violators of self-isolation rules – PM

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South Korea said on Saturday that it would use electronic wristbands on people who violated self-isolation rules to better contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the country would make self-isolation violators wear electronic wristbands since the number of cases of people breaching the self-quarantine in recent weeks has raised concerns.

“After deep consideration, the government has decided to put electronic wristbands on people who violate self-isolation rules, such as going outside without notice and not answering phone calls,” Chung said during a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in Seoul.

“We have listened to quarantine experts and gathered opinions from various communities,” he added..

Health authorities said they planned to start using the wristbands within two weeks but would ask the violators’ permission before actually strapping such a device to their wrist since there was no legal ground to force people to wear it.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said it expects active cooperation from self-quarantined people.

If people under self-isolation break quarantine rules, such as going outside without notice and not responding to health check calls, they will face legal actions and will be asked to wear the wristbands for the rest of their quarantine period, according to the KCDC.

Health authorities said they had already finished testing of the wristbands and can produce 4,000 of them a day.

The device, which the KCDC likes to call a “safe band,” will interconnect with the government’s mobile application for self-isolators.

If a person damages the device, it will automatically send a notification to health authorities.

In a recent survey of 1,000 adults nationwide, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 80.2 per cent of people supported the idea of using electronic wristbands to keep track of those under self-quarantine.

However, some have pointed out that such a measure could be subject to potential human rights violations.

As of Thursday, more than 54,000 people were under self-quarantine.

So far, more than 160 people have been caught violating self-isolation rules.

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