Credit Card Transactions Used To Trace COVID-19 By Jess Distill 5. október 2020 16:00 The method of using credit card information has been used three times, in consultation with credit card companies and venue operators. Vísir/Vilhelm As reported by Vísir this morning, credit card transactions have been used, on more than one occasion, to find people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. One example of this method being used is at The Irishman Pub, which was recently linked to a huge surge in COVID-19 cases. The chief of police, Víðir Reynisson, told Vísir, “We have received the help of these operators to reach out and provide information to the guests who have been there. They have helped us reach customers so that we can text and send people information and encourage them to go for sampling.” He added, “This is a path we have only taken in very exceptional cases. It is only when the situation is such that there were many infections and it was necessary to reach everyone as soon as possible.” The method of using credit card information has been used three times, in consultation with credit card companies and venue operators. The infection control team has received the names and phone numbers of customers, but data has not been stored. Víðir says that it is concerning how reluctant people are to provide information when infections are being traced and that this difficulty in obtaining crucial information is probably one of the main reasons why so few people who are diagnosed are in quarantine. Less than a quarter of those diagnosed with COVID-19 yesterday were already in quarantine. The post Credit Card Transactions Used To Trace COVID-19 appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door. Athugið. Vísir hvetur lesendur til að skiptast á skoðunum. Allar athugasemdir eru á ábyrgð þeirra er þær rita. Lesendur skulu halda sig við málefnalega og hófstillta umræðu og áskilur Vísir sér rétt til að fjarlægja ummæli og/eða umræðu sem fer út fyrir þau mörk. Vísir mun loka á aðgang þeirra sem tjá sig ekki undir eigin nafni eða gerast ítrekað brotlegir við ofangreindar umgengnisreglur. Mest lesið Stærsti skjálftinn 3,5 að stærð Innlent Viðræður „á viðkvæmu stigi“ og fundi frestað til morguns Innlent Búnaður Al Jazeera gerður upptækur og miðillinn í bann Erlent Eldinum í bílnum fylgdi heljarinnar sprenging Innlent „Í fangelsi eins og á Litla-Hrauni gerist allt“ Innlent Til vandræða á hóteli og réðst svo á mann við Hlemm Innlent Karlar líklegri að ljúga á kostnað annarra Innlent Forsetavaktin 2024: Hver verður sjöundi forseti lýðveldisins? Innlent Viðurkennir að hafa gengið of hart fram Innlent „Þetta breytti mér mjög mikið sem persónu“ Innlent
As reported by Vísir this morning, credit card transactions have been used, on more than one occasion, to find people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. One example of this method being used is at The Irishman Pub, which was recently linked to a huge surge in COVID-19 cases. The chief of police, Víðir Reynisson, told Vísir, “We have received the help of these operators to reach out and provide information to the guests who have been there. They have helped us reach customers so that we can text and send people information and encourage them to go for sampling.” He added, “This is a path we have only taken in very exceptional cases. It is only when the situation is such that there were many infections and it was necessary to reach everyone as soon as possible.” The method of using credit card information has been used three times, in consultation with credit card companies and venue operators. The infection control team has received the names and phone numbers of customers, but data has not been stored. Víðir says that it is concerning how reluctant people are to provide information when infections are being traced and that this difficulty in obtaining crucial information is probably one of the main reasons why so few people who are diagnosed are in quarantine. Less than a quarter of those diagnosed with COVID-19 yesterday were already in quarantine. The post Credit Card Transactions Used To Trace COVID-19 appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Athugið. Vísir hvetur lesendur til að skiptast á skoðunum. Allar athugasemdir eru á ábyrgð þeirra er þær rita. Lesendur skulu halda sig við málefnalega og hófstillta umræðu og áskilur Vísir sér rétt til að fjarlægja ummæli og/eða umræðu sem fer út fyrir þau mörk. Vísir mun loka á aðgang þeirra sem tjá sig ekki undir eigin nafni eða gerast ítrekað brotlegir við ofangreindar umgengnisreglur. Mest lesið Stærsti skjálftinn 3,5 að stærð Innlent Viðræður „á viðkvæmu stigi“ og fundi frestað til morguns Innlent Búnaður Al Jazeera gerður upptækur og miðillinn í bann Erlent Eldinum í bílnum fylgdi heljarinnar sprenging Innlent „Í fangelsi eins og á Litla-Hrauni gerist allt“ Innlent Til vandræða á hóteli og réðst svo á mann við Hlemm Innlent Karlar líklegri að ljúga á kostnað annarra Innlent Forsetavaktin 2024: Hver verður sjöundi forseti lýðveldisins? Innlent Viðurkennir að hafa gengið of hart fram Innlent „Þetta breytti mér mjög mikið sem persónu“ Innlent