COVID-19 tracking app in South Korea exposes couple who were cheating on their partners

While South Korean authorities created a public database to keep track on COVID-19 positive people, app accidentally even exposed couples who were apparently cheating on ir partners. According to an international media report, public database was created in a bid to provide detailed information about every infected individual, including ir exact movements around country. From credit card transactions to closed-circuit TV foot, app constantly updates whereabouts of person infected with virus. 

However, according to ‘Country that Beat Virus’ documentary, which was recently released by an international media outlet, people said that app let m ‘connect dots’ and figure out that ir partner was cheating on m. 

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A local in documentary reportedly said that some people figured out as re were cases where people were in places y shouldn’t have been in, such as hotels and motels. local ded that app also tracked people who visited areas where y never visited before. GPS tracking eventually resulted in exposing couples who were cheating on ir partner. 

Second wave

Meanwhile, country is seeing a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases. As of w, South Korea has reported more than 10,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and dely virus has even claimed nearly 260 lives in country. However, country’s Vice Health minister Kim Gang-lip reportedly said that re-imposing social distancing rules were unlikely as long as daily number of COVID-19 cases remained below 50 and officials were able to trace 95 per cent of all infections. 

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“For w, we will monitor how current transmissions go and review wher we should reconsider our distancing policy,” he ded while speaking at a media briefing.

According to reports, a cluster has emerged in capital's Itaewon entertainment district over last few days which raised serious concerns of second wave of infections. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon reportedly said nearly 7,272 people in Seoul have been tested in relation to nightclub cluster. He ded that more than 36 per cent of cases are asymptomatic and rate of spre is very high and warned people of a probable second wave of infections.

(Im credit: Rep/ AP) 

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