contact tracing

A staff member holds a QR code for the "LeaveHomeSafe" Covid-19 contact-tracing app to consumers at a restaurant, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, China February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

Hong Kong sees rush for burner phones as government pushes contact-tracing app

The swift authoritarian turn taken by the government has resulted in deep-seated mistrust of public policies, including of measures to curb the coronavirus

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference on the governments' bushfire response at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 5, 2020. AAP Image/Lukas Coch via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Australia will make it a crime to use coronavirus tracing data for non-health purposes

A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus?