The "Stop Covid" QR Code was developed by Cambodia's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and has been adopted by businesses and the general public all over the country. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN
PHNOM PENH, Oct 30 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodia’s "Stop Covid" QR Code -- a location and contact-tracing app designed to prevent the coronavirus spreading -- has won the Global South Covid-19 Digital Innovation Challenge award from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN specialised agency for information and communication technologies (ICT).
The challenge, launched in June this year in collaboration with the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), sought to identify scalable, innovative, digital solutions that will enable countries, societies, communities, institutions and individuals to deal with the effects of Covid-19.
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