Singapore's TraceTogether app, being demonstrated in March 20. Unlike the app, the country's currently-in-development portable wearable device will not require a smartphone to work. — AFP
Singapore is working on a contact tracing method that would involve a portable wearable device that could be distributed to everyone in the country.
The consideration comes as the city-state ruled out the mandatory use of a contact tracing phone app called TraceTogether as a tool to monitor and track the Covid-19 spread in the country, Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in parliament on June 5.
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