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Callers attempt to establish who the patients spent time with — and may have infected — during the two days before their symptoms emerged. Photo: Aris Oikonomou / AFP
Callers attempt to establish who the pat […]
coronavirus, Health, Infographic, Video, Video 3D

Belgium’s new profession, the Virus Tracker

With Belgian leaders still debating how to set-up and deploy a coronavirus tracing smartphone app, authorities have set up old-fashioned call centres to interview the infected
8 months ago
The contact-tracing Government Technology Agency (GovTech) staff demonstrate Singapore's new contact-tracing smarthphone app called TraceTogether, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Singapore on March 20, 2020. - The mobile app using Bluetooth technology developed by GovTech in collaboration with the Ministry of Health informs user who had close contacts to confirmed coronavirus cases was launched in Singapore on 20. (Photo by Catherine LAI / AFP)
The contact-tracing Government Technolog […]
coronavirus, Health, Infographic, Video

Virus ‘tracing’ by smartphone: a key to reopening society?

Can an app halt the spread of the pandemic? Interest is growing in smartphone technology as a potential key to ending lockdowns around the world.
9 months ago