India reported around 78,000 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as the number of cases of active viral infection rose to 7,65,302 as of Saturday night, according to data shared by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Union Family Member (MoH & FW). With 65,000 recoveries, 77% of people diagnosed …
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[ad_1] The Aarogya Setu app could become the key enabler for traveling in India, now on the blockade due to the COVID pandemic, but also potentially in the post-COVID world. It is believed that once the lock has ended in individual states, there may be a centralized electronic pass that …
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[ad_1] Representative image NEW DELHI: Although the number of Covid-19 cases continues to increase, the doubling time has slowed to 12.2 days in the last three days from 10.9 days in the last 14 days, Health Minister Harard Vardhan he said Tuesday, highlighting the need to improve surveillance and contact …
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[ad_1] As India attempts to emerge from the various stages of lockdown in an attempt to flatten the COVID curve, there is a renewed push to get the citizens to download and install the Aarogya Setu app on their smartphones. Official numbers suggest that the Aarogya Setu app has been …
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[ad_1] On Monday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the launch of a mobile phone contact tracking app that is at the center of the government’s strategy to ease the blockage of the coronavirus. It is being tested on the Isle of Wight before it is available nationwide at the end …
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[ad_1] By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 5, 2020 5:59:37 pm Apple and Google have also established rules for using contact tracking apps. Apple and Google have been working on a contact tracking tool since April to help identify possible cases of COVID-19. The two tech companies …
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[ad_1] Britain will begin testing its own COVID-19 tracking application on the Isle of Wight starting Tuesday, hoping that the technology combined with further testing and tracking will help limit the transmission of the coronavirus. It has taken a different approach than other European countries by processing data centrally rather …
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[ad_1] Apple and Google have decided to ban the use of contact tracing apps aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus infection, saying that privacy and preventing governments from using the system to compile data on citizens was a primary goal. Apple and Google on Monday said they …
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[ad_1] Image: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India The Indian government announced on Friday that all workers, in both the public and private sectors, should install the nation’s COVID-19 contact tracking app as it begins to ease some of its blocking measures to lower risk areas. Similarly, …
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[ad_1] British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove gestures while holding the Daily Covid-19 Digital News Conference with NHS Medical Director Professor Stephen Powis (no photo) to update on the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at 10 Downing Street in London, Great Britain, May 3, 2020. Pippa Fowles …
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