[Singapour] Singaporeans return to work, using smartphone apps and QR codes to fight coronavirus

Auteur : Thomson Reuters Foundation

Production : South China Morning Post, quotidien de langue anglaise publié à Hong Kong depuis 1903. Sa diffusion s’élève à 104 000 exemplaires. Il est publié par le groupe SCMP, propriété de du groupe Alibaba depuis 2015.

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Date et Heure : 6 juillet 2020, 10:14

– Singapore, along with Taiwan, South Korea and China, was quick to embrace technology to map the coronavirus outbreak early on with contact tracing, robots and drones

– Singapore has also started handing out Bluetooth-enabled contact tracing devices, starting with elderly people who are vulnerable to infection and may not own smartphones

Source : Thomson Reuters Foundation, “Singaporeans return to work, using smartphone apps and QR codes to fight coronavirus”, South China Morning Post, 06/07/2020. URL : https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3091920/singaporeans-return-work-using-smartphone-apps-and-qr (consulté le 06/07/2020).

Photo “à la une” : A worker pushes a trolley with goods past a luxury outlet at Marina Bay Sands shopping centre in Singapore. © AFP