A man with a face mask using his phone as he stands next to a lion sculpture at the Feldherrnhalle at Odeonsplatz square in Munich, southern Germany, amid the new coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. — AFP
BERLIN: Germany changed course on April 26 over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections, backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries.
Countries are rushing to develop apps to give a detailed picture of the risk of catching the coronavirus, as the chain of infection is proving hard to break because it can be spread by those showing no symptoms.
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