Contact tracing
German tech startups plead for European approach to corona tracing app
[BERLIN] Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus infection, the German developers of a smartphone app said...
S Korea scrambles to contain new Covid-19 cases
Officials searching for thousands who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in Seoul as worries about second infection wave mount
Govts face coronavirus app hurdles without tech from Apple, Google
COLOMBIA has removed the contact-tracing feature in its official app for informing residents about the novel coronavirus after experiencing glitches, but aims to rebuild using potentially more reliabl...
Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps
[BENGALURU] Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of...
Bloomberg to help New York build 'army' of Covid-19 tracers
[NEW YORK] Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will help build an "army" of coronavirus tracers to help New York - America's Covid-19 epicentre - get up and running again, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced We...
US starts contact tracing the old-fashioned way, but 'it's late'
[WASHINGTON] Taiwan and South Korea have led the world in digital contact tracing for the Covid-19 pandemic - an example the US with its emphasis on personal privacy and decentralised system of govern...
