The TraceTogether Singapore Story for COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Singapore became the first country to implement a digital contact-tracing tool countrywide on March 20, 2020, with the debut of the TraceTogether (TT) smartphone app, as the globe was combating the rampaging SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. The Singapore Government's Chief Digital Technology Officer and ...

CDC TAKES A U-TURN; SAYS TESTS FOR ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE WITH EXPOSURE NOT NECESSARY

Highlights:

•        CDC changes guidelines on testing and traveler quarantine

•        Scientific community worried 

In a very unlike CDC move, the Centers for Disease Control and P...

NEW CORONAVIRUS TEST-AND-TRACE STRATEGY IN SWEDEN

HIGHLIGHTS

• Sweden's Public Health Agency is changing its coronavirus recommendations.
• The Health Agency intends to make it easier to enable patients themselves for tracking down any person they may have infected.
• With the new strategy, ...

Global Contact Tracing App Market will grow to US$ 1,218.9 Mn by 2027 with CAGR of 35.2%

Advancements in networking technologies has created a digitally connected ecosystem, thus, generating a fertile environment for growth of contact tracing app market. The emergence of Inte...

DIGITAL RIGHTS EXPERTS: COVID – 19 SURVEILLANCE MEASURES HAVE WIDENED ACROSS THE WORLD

Highlights

• Currently, 35 countries are using digital tracking
• At least 28 countries have contact tracing apps in place 

Digital rights experts have said that extensive surveillance measures have been introduced after the COVID &...

EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS ROLL OUT APPS TO TRACE THE CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS

Highlights

• Germany will launch a contact-tracing app based on Bluetooth technology
• Italy has launched an app based on the Apple-Google model

To trace the contacts of coronavirus patients, European governments are rolling out apps. Ex...