Apple, Experian, And Google Fight Pandemic With Digital Apps by Neil Edwards ©rcfotostock - stock.adobe.comIn hopes of minimizing the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, companies and governments have rushed a new generation of apps and other digital trackers to reduce the spread of the fast-moving illness. Contact Tracing, Rapid Testing, and Temperature TakingDigital contact tracing, along with rapid testing and temperature taking, promises to focus containment and infection forecasting. Since nearly everyone has a mobile phone with bluetooth, digital contact tracing, in theory, means that contact tracing could be implemented for a wide swath of the population in real-time. HKLearning from SARS in 2003, digital contact tracing is prevalent on a country level throughout the Asia Pacific region. Marcelo Pimenta, director at Experian DataLabs Experian"The Brazil COVID radar is a volunteer effort involving hundreds of people from all walks of life.

Source: Forbes May 21, 2020 10:00 UTC