The two-year fight against COVID-19 has turned technology into a weapon of choice to defeat the virus but experts now worry that tech will outlive the pandemic and normalise mass surveillance. From contact tracing apps to facial recognition, technology has become part of the arsenal used to protect public health. While this might have helped … Read more
The Scottish Conservatives want Test and Protect replaced with a cheaper and more targeted system. Source link
Ilish Pérez, health educator, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. True Beck, COVID-19 response manager, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. K.J. Seung, MD, senior health and policy adviser, Partners in Health; assistant professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School. Danyelle McNeill, spokesperson, Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock. Benjamin … Read more
It helps briefly but his oxygen levels continue to drop. It’s 10am, and the doctor advises Anoop needs to be admitted to a hospital. The family tries to arrange an ambulance but none is available and they don’t own a car. They ask a cousin, who lives in the neighbouring district of Hapur, to bring … Read more
The move should lead to more people being told to get tested for Covid-19. Source link
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By Leo Kelion & Rory Cellan-Jones Technology reporters Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic image captionUsers will be told to self-isolate if the app determines they are at high risk of being infected People living in England and Wales are being urged to download the government’s official contact-tracing app following its official release. NHS Covid-19 instructs users … Read more
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Illustration / Peter Hamlin; LONDON: Contact tracing apps are unlikely to contain the spread of Covid-19 without proper public health control measures such as physical distancing and closure of indoor spaces, according to a review of studies. The systematic review, published in the journal Lancet Digital Health on Thursday, shows that evidence around the effectiveness … Read more