South Korea is reporting intimate details of COVID-19 cases: has it helped?

@article{Zastrow2020SouthKI,
  title={South Korea is reporting intimate details of COVID-19 cases: has it helped?},
  author={Mark Zastrow},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2020}
}
Extensive contact tracing has slowed viral spread, but some say publicizing people’s movements raises privacy concerns. Extensive contact tracing has slowed viral spread, but some say publicizing people’s movements raises privacy concerns. 
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