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Hong Kong scraps virus tracing app, curbs on arrivalsThe move comes a day after authorities in mainland China said they were retiring an app used to track travel to areas with Covid-19 cases, ...- 'United Pingdom': Firms in England fret over staff shortagesThere are also warnings of shortages of goods in supermarkets, cuts in production at factories and potential transport chaos, as illustrate...
- QR codes, health passports: China's tech arsenal against a pandemicNow the country where the coronavirus was first detected is launching a digital "health passport" for its 1.4 billion population which it h...
- Smartphones can alert about Covid exposure, with help from Apple & Google contact-tracing toolsThe tools don't reveal a person's identity or geographic location.
- Is Aarogya Setu app a game changer in India's Covid fight? Six months on, opinion is divided!Central government authorities who built the app claim that contact tracing through Aarogya Setu yields a positivity rate of close to 27%, ...
- WHO: Countries complaining about contact tracing are 'lame'In recent months, countries with large outbreaks of COVID-19, including Britain and the US, have said there are simply too many contacts to...
- View: 10 things we learnt while surviving the pandemicWith the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic yet to subside, there are already grave reports of a second wave emerging in China. This is an...
- Most Covid-19 apps with contact-tracing feature may be putting your personal data at riskOnly a handful indicate the data would be anonymous, encrypted and secured.
- Coronavirus track and trace system begins in EnglandUnder the system, a team of 25,000 tracers -- supported by 20,000 testers and up to 7,000 clinicians -- will text, email or call people who...
- Apple, Google launch contact tracing platform"Google and Apple are clear that this is not a panacea but we do believe Exposure Notifications can make a contribution to the broader work...
- WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracingThe app will ask people about their symptoms and offer guidance on whether they may have COVID-19, the potentially lethal illness caused by...
- France accuses Apple of refusing help with "StopCovid" appApple's iPhones normally block access to Bluetooth unless the user is actively running an app. French officials want Apple to change the se...
- Some startups mandate Aarogya Setu, others remain waryLast week, the ecommerce industry had proposed standard operating procedures to stem the spread of the virus, which included compulsory ins...
- UK rolls out plans to ramp up coronavirus tests as death toll hits 18,738UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that though the daily rise in the toll was lower than previous days, it was important not to forget a...
- With India under lockdown, Google Maps & Mapmyindia shift focus to combat Covid-19Contact tracing is one of the most important solutions sought to battle the ongoing pandemic and web mapping firms in India are leveraging ...
- Aarogya Setu app primed to take lead in COVID-19 warThe plans include making it a single point of access for food shelters, night shelters as well as Suraksha retail stores that are being lau...
- Digital contact tracing is key to combat Covid-19: Vijay-RaghavanAarogya Setu app detects and tracks the movement of its users with the help of GPS and Bluetooth sensors and sends out a notification if th...
- How countries are using technology to fight coronavirusThe technologies being used against the pandemic are raising questions about excessive surveillance.
- Fake Covid-19 apps fish in the troubled watersSome map-based applications that trace the path of the virus across the globe could end up infecting a user’s phone with a virus, the digit...
- How far is too far? Invasive tech returns under coronavirus coverElectronic bracelets and phones that report a person's whereabouts, text messages if they stray too far from quarantine and digital detecti...
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