South Korea will introduce electronic bracelets for violators of quarantine

MOSCOW, 24 APR – RIA Novosti. South Korea from April 27 to introduce electronic bracelets for persons who have violated the regime of house quarantine coronavirus, said Deputy health Minister Gan Kim Nip.

“the Prime Minister said that from April 27 introduced electronic bracelets for the control of violators of home quarantine and enhancing the function of mobile apps, and violators who refuse to wear bracelets, will be applied measures of punishment,” he said at the briefing.

the Innovation will affect those who, being on home quarantine, broke the rules after 00.00 on 27 April local time.

in addition, will improve the ability to identify unauthorized exits from the location of the home quarantine via phones with geolocation. Persons on home quarantine should be informed of their health status twice a day, and three times also will expand visits to places of home quarantine.

According to the South Korean government is now in quarantine in the country are 46348 people. Most of them comply with quarantine regulations, but violations continue. At the moment there are 269 offenders.

In South Korea, the total number of infected – 10 708, recovered 8501, died 240 people.

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