A Swiss soldier wearing a protective face mask poses with his smartphone at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon, during field test of an app created by the EPFL that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. — AFP
CHAMBLON, Switzerland: Swiss army conscripts are taking the fight to the coronavirus pandemic by field-testing a Bluetooth-based smartphone app aimed at stopping a resurgence of Covid-19.
The rapidly-created app traces people who have inadvertently crossed paths with someone infected with the virus.
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A Swiss soldier wearing a protective face mask poses with his smartphone at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon, during field test of an app created by the EPFL that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. — AFP
Swiss soldiers wearing protective face masks gather in a classroom at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon, in order to install on their smartphone, for field tests, an app created by the EPFL that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. — AFP
A Swiss soldier holds his smartphone at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon, during field test of an app created by the EPFL that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. — AFP
Swiss soldiers wearing protective face masks gather in a classroom at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon, in order to install on their smartphone, for field tests, an app created by the EPFL that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. — AFP
Swiss soldiers wearing protective face masks gather in a classroom, at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon, in order to install on their smartphone, for field tests, an app created by the EPFL that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. — AFP
A Swiss soldier wearing a protective face mask holds his smartphone next to Mathias Payer of the EPFL during a course at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon, to field test an app that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. — AFP
A Swiss soldiers holds his smartphone showing an app, created by the EPFL, that could help trace those who have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the Covid-19 caused by the novel coronavirus, as he sits next to validation cards in a classroom at the Swiss army barracks of Chamblon. — AFP
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