Covid-19: Chinese government launches new tech database to help communities fight the virus


Officials have compiled a list of more than 2,000 new technologies ranging from automatic temperature detection to diagnosis and hospital information systems. — SCMP

The Chinese government is compiling a database of technologies that can be used to combat the novel coronavirus after its top leadership highlighted the increasing importance of tech in bringing the disease under control at home.

Officials have compiled a list of more than 2,000 “new technologies” and their providers, ranging from automatic temperature detection to diagnosis and hospital information systems, according to a post by the Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday.

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