Latent TB and Infectious Disease Documents Available for Issuance and Lookup on Government24 from the 12th

[Financial News] From now on, people will not need to visit a public health center in person to obtain a certificate confirming a latent TB screening. Reporting records for 25 legally designated infectious diseases, including malaria and Japanese encephalitis, can also be checked online.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced on the 11th that, starting on the 12th, they would offer services through Government24 to issue and look up certificates related to major diseases, including latent TB infection and infectious diseases.
The change makes it possible to handle disease-related administrative requests online, instead of having to visit a public health center or go through separate procedures as before.
The four services being introduced are a certificate confirming a latent TB infection screening, a latent TB infection screening results report, an infectious disease reporting confirmation, and a certificate of eligibility for the medical expense support program for people with rare diseases. After verifying their identity on Government24, users can obtain the documents they need or look up related information.
Obtaining a certificate confirming a latent TB infection screening—a document needed when applying for jobs at childcare centers or medical institutions, among other places—will become much more convenient. Previously, people had to visit in person the public health center where they were screened. They will now be able to check their past screening records and obtain the necessary documents through Government24. Those who have taken the test multiple times can choose which test record they want, and screening results reports can cover results from past tests through the most recent one. 
A service for looking up infectious disease reporting records has also been introduced. Until now, there was no dedicated service for people to check their own reporting records, even if they had been diagnosed with a legally designated infectious disease at a medical institution. Going forward, users will be able to check the disease name, reporting date, reporting institution and responsible public health center, among other details, through Government24. The service will initially cover 25 diseases, including malaria and Japanese encephalitis, with plans to expand it based on operational results.
People eligible for medical expense support for rare diseases can also obtain a certificate of eligibility immediately through Government24 without visiting their local public health center.
The government expects the service changes to ease the burden of visiting public health centers and other facilities for around 150,000 disease-related administrative requests each year.
Starting at the end of this year, applications for the medical expense support program for people with rare diseases and a service linked to the National Health Information Portal will be added, bringing the total number of disease-related services available on Government24 to six.
In the long term, the government plans to use Government24’s artificial intelligence (AI) Gukmin Biseo to provide guidance on disease-related administrative services and health information tailored to users’ age, gender and location, among other factors. However, sensitive health information, such as infectious disease reporting records, will be provided only to the individuals concerned, and customized services will be introduced in stages depending on the level of data integration.
Interior and Safety Minister Yun Ho-jung said, “This expansion of services will greatly ease the inconvenience of people having to visit multiple agencies just to obtain a single document.”

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