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Coronoavirus Contact Tracing Smartphone App

• Next Big Future - Brian Wang

Singapore developed a contact-tracing smartphone app called TraceTogther. It allow Singapore to quickly track people who have been exposed to confirmed coronavirus cases.

The app can identify people who have been within 2 meters of coronavirus patients for at least 30 minutes, using wireless Bluetooth technology.

The app was developed by the Singapore Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and the Ministry of Health (MOH).