contact tracing

New system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing

Oxford researchers believed that a smartphone app could help locate individuals who didn’t know they were infected

Belgium has set up a new system to track mobile phones in order to limit crowding of seaside resort

Apple and Google’s contact-tracing app has frustrated governments, as it prioritises user privacy

China’s health tracking QR codes have played a key part in the country’s successful containment of coronavirus

Qatar's contact tracing app forces Android users to permit access to their picture and video galleries

Canada is working closely with Apple and Google on a contact-tracing app

Apple and Google are offering health authorities around the world their platform for coronavirus contact tracing

High-tech wristbands function as a call button to summon staff, a digital room key, and a health and activity tracker

New Zealand will launch a contact-tracing app to help people track their movements

The contact-tracing app is currently being downloaded and used in Isle of Wight

The app will ask people about their symptoms and offer guidance on whether they may have Covid-19

Apps tap the Bluetooth sensors in smartphones to detect encounters with those who test positive

The coating took 10 years to develop and can be sprayed on surfaces that are frequently used by the public

PM Imran Khan says tracking, testing of patients only way to reopen businesses

The planned smartphone app would warn users if they come into contact with anyone infected with the coronavirus

A smartphone app developed by tech start-up Bending Spoons to track people who test positive for the new coronavirus

Google and Apple will have to convince the public that contact tracing technology will not lead privacy breach

To be useful once stay-at-home restrictions are lifted and normal activities resume

Fears that contact tracing apps may become a permanent tool for govts are holding some people back from using them