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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 10:29
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Visually impaired people struggling with QR code-based vaccine pass apps
시각 장애인, QR코드 기반 방역패스 앱에 곤란
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People scan QR codes on mobile phones to enter a restaurant in Seoul, Dec. 14. Korea Times photo by Ko Young-kwon
People scan QR codes on mobile phones to enter a restaurant in Seoul, Dec. 14. Korea Times photo by Ko Young-kwon

By Lee Hyo-jin


Since the implementation of the vaccine pass system in early December, Hyun Dae-ok, a Gyeonggi Province resident in his 60s, has had to ask for help every time he visits a cafe or restaurant.
12월 초 방역패스 시스템 도입 이후, 60대 경기 지역 거주자 현대옥 씨는 카페나 식당에 방문할 때마다 도움을 요청해야 했다.


For a blind person like Hyun, scanning a QR (quick response) code on his mobile phone, to provide proof of his COVID-19 vaccination record, is virtually impossible without the help of someone else.
현 씨와 같은 시각 장애인에게 코로나19 백신 기록을 증명하기 위해 휴대폰에 있는 QR코드를 스캔하는 것은 사실상 다른 누군가의 도움 없이는 불가능하다.


"I have to ask a staff member to scan the QR code for me or have another person hold my hands to show me where the check-in scanner is. It is very challenging to do it myself, especially when there are people standing in line behind me," he told The Korea Times.
현 씨는 코리아타임스와의 인터뷰에서 "직원에게 QR코드 스캔을 부탁하거나 다른 사람에게 체크인 스캐너가 어디에 있는지 내 손을 잡아 보여달라고 해야 한다. 스스로 하는 것은 매우 어렵고 특히 다른 사람들이 내 뒤에 줄을 서 있을 때 더욱 그렇다"고 말했다.


COOV, the smartphone application for vaccine certification offered by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), is not easy for Hyun to use either.
질병관리청이 제공하는 백신 증명 스마트폰 앱 COOV는 현 씨가 사용하기에 역시 쉽지 않다.


"I've been told to update the app to link my booster shot certificate to the Naver or KakaoTalk apps, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do this by myself," he said.
현 씨는 "앱을 업데이트해 부스터샷 증명서 네이버나 카카오톡 앱에 연결하라고 들었지만 나 혼자 할 수 있는 일인지 확신이 없다"고 말했다.


Showing either proof of one's vaccination through the QR code-based vaccine pass system, or a negative PCR test result from within the last two days, is mandated by the government upon entering multiuse facilities, and has now become a part of daily life for people in Korea.
QR코드 기반의 방역패스 시스템을 통한 백신 접종 증명 또는 지난 이틀 사이의 PCR 음성 결과 보여주기는 정부에 의해 다중시설 입장 시 의무가 되었고 이제 한국에 거주하는 사람들의 일상의 일부가 되었다.

KEY WORDS
■ impair 손상시키다
■ implementation 이행, 실행
■ virtually 사실상
■ check-in 탑승 수속
■ certification 증명
■ certificate 증서, 증명서

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