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The number of confirmed cases in Korea has reached more than 8,000, and Korean government has opened infected person's route to the public. However, as the number of patients increases, privacy rights of the patient has come up to the surface.
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Source：NEWS1
Previously, the Korean government collected credit card records and telecommunications signals of the patient to inform it national wide to prevent further infection.
However, it is no doubt that this invade privacy of the patients. Last week, a confirmed patient's route to gay bar was made public. This lead to open debate about privacy leakage problem.
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It was a controversial issue since the first case, but no action was taken by the government.
Policy Change
Director of Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures (Source：medipana)
Starting March 14th, a new policy about the disclosure of the patient's route was announced. It was announced that "Over-exposure of private information has already infringed on the human rights of the patient. New standard of openness will be drawn up."
In order to protect the residents of the area, government has made public the exact route of the patient's movements. From now on location of home of the patient, workplace, and route will not be made public unless the patient's condition is serious.
Source：Yonhap News
For example, a moving route of a patient with a mask on will not be disclosed, because it will not pose a high risk.
However, if the person took the mask off at the bus, the bus number will be disclosed and the passengers will be confirmed on CCTV to be grouped as high-risk group.
The scope of the revised open path will be reduced to 'from day before the symptoms to examined date' or 'from day before the examination to confirmed date'.
Source：Yonhap News
According to the Director, close contact with the family, cohabitation, and acquaintances of the confirmed patients is highly likely to be infected. There is little chance that they will become infected in public areas. However, from the surveilance system, the patient will be identified and the path will be disclosed.
