Dubbed the 'close contact detecter,' the smartphone app aims to let people know if they are at risk of catching the disease based on whether they have been in close proximity with someone who has it.
"These new apps are helpful, but we’re all waiting to see if it can do much to reduce the spread," Dr. Irwin Redlener, the director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, told ABC News Tuesday.
As Coronavirus spreads, travelers waiting in line at immigration wear masks at Suvarnabhumi International airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 10, 2020. A smartphone displays an app that local residents can you to update their body temperatures daily in Wuhan, China, Feb. 10, 2020.Meanwhile, in an enclosed and air-conditioned train car, all passengers and crew members in the car would be classified as being in close contact.
As Coronavirus spreads, a traveler wearing a mask checks his phone at Suvarnabhumi International airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 10, 2020.Although China's officials did not specify how the app detects those infected with coronavirus, the app has received support from the Ministry of Transport, China Railway and the Civil Aviation Administration of China"to ensure accurate, reliable and authoritative data," Xinhua reported.
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