South Korea starting next week will strap electronic wristbands on people ignoring home-quarantine orders.
Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip on Friday said those who refuse to wear the bands after breaking quarantine will be sent to shelters where they will be asked to pay for accommodation.
Officials said around 46,300 people are currently under self-quarantine. The number ballooned after the government began enforcing 14-day quarantines on all passengers arriving from abroad on April 1.
Although quarantined individuals have been required to download a tracking app that s authorities if they leave their homes, some of them have been caught slipping out by leaving their phones behind.
The wristbands will communicate with the phone apps through Bluetooth and authorities when people leave home or attempt to remove the bands
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