CORONAVIRUS | The use of the location tracking app is to prevent new outbreaks of the novel coronavirus.
| Three US local governments plan to sign deals this week to become the first to adopt a location tracking app aimed at preventing new outbreaks of the novel coronavirus, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-led project said on Thursday.
Ramesh declined to specify the states, counties or cities nearing agreements but said they were expected to advocate for residents to voluntarily download the app, known as Private Kit.Two Massachusetts cities plan to compare the performance of Private Kit with health officials asking patients to recall recent contacts from memory, he said.
Governments worldwide are evaluating Private Kit or similar technologies meant to aid the otherwise labour-intensive process of contact tracing, in which health officials must ask recent contacts of a person who has tested positive for the virus to self-quarantine or get tested.Effective contact tracing will need to be in place before widely lifting stay-at-home orders that have crippled the global economy, health experts have said.
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