SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese citizens are using mapping programmes and travel trackers in a bid to avoid neighbourhoods with infections of the coronavirus and to better prepare for the dangers they face. While the WeChat programme, called "YiKuang" - or "Epidemic Situation", covers the southern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, QuantUrban's browser-based maps also cover nine other cities in the province. You can't guarantee there won't be fresh cases, but you can avoid an area that's already hit," she said. Confirmed cases in Shenzhen have climbed rapidly to 245 as of Monday, making the southern tech capital the worst-affected of China's main cities - Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Yikuang also relies on volunteers to keep up to date and originally denoted neighbourhoods with confirmed cases with a skull and crossbones logo.

Source: The Star February 03, 2020 14:14 UTC