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As the new coronavirus spreads in South Korea, private software developers have set up websites and apps to help people track cases and shun places where infected people have been in the hope of avoiding the fast-spreading virus.

have been logging on to the sites, with some saying the thought of becoming infected and appearing on anSeo Su-sung, a 21-year-old student who finds Coronamap.live the most useful, said the more information, the better for everyone.“Otherwise I could not only harm myself, but also others around me.”

Ryan Jun-seo Hong, 19, a computer science major who set up the Coronamap.live site while waiting for his mandatory military service to begin, said more than 300,000 people have been viewing the site every day.over recent days with confirmed infections surging from 31 to more than 763, including seven deaths, in less than a week, has made it nearly impossible to keep up.

“Currently adding 600+ places,” said a message on Monday on Coronamap.live, which offers an interactive map in Korean, Chinese and English.and in recent days have been forced to publish more general summaries and regional information onin briefings, and Hong said he uses a wide range of other open-source resources like news reports to supplement official data.

“I gather all kinds of information for updates, and I include personal feedback from users,” Hong said. Another developer, Kwon Young-jae, runs a similar site with his wife, Ju Yeun-jin, who is also a software developer, but they’ve been overwhelmed by the

 

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