Covid-19: Germany turns to fitness-tracking app to help monitor coronavirus infections nationwide


The initiative echoes efforts in mainland China, where various AI applications are used to help contain the pandemic. Germany is among the five countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide, which include the United States, Spain, Italy and France. — SCMP

Health authorities in Germany have turned to a new fitness-tracking app to help gather more data nationwide, as government efforts intensify to monitor the spread of the coronavirus.

The Robert Koch Institute, the federal agency responsible for disease control and prevention, teamed up with healthtech start-up Thryve to develop the app called Corona-Datenspende, which translates to corona data donation.

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