{"id":2158,"date":"2020-04-13T02:53:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aijournalism.net\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2020-05-18T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:33:22","slug":"apple-google-work-on-tracing-coronavirus-infected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aijournalism.net\/en\/apple-google-work-on-tracing-coronavirus-infected\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple &amp; Google Work on Tracing Coronavirus Infected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dubai &#8211; AI Journalism<\/strong><br>NHS tech experts ( <mark>Apple<\/mark> and <mark><mark>Google<\/mark><\/mark> ) are working on developing a mobile app that reveals if you\u2019ve been near someone who has <mark>coronavirus<\/mark> , according to the Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will allow mobile phones to trace users who have come into contact with sufferers and alert them to get tested for the killer infection.<br>NHSX \u2013 the health services\u2019s tech wing \u2013 is now working at \u201cbreakneck speed\u201dwith tech giants Apple and Google to face coronavirus , sources have reported.<br>\u201cWe believe this is important in helping the country to return to normality,\u201d one Whitehall insider revealed.<br>Health Secretary Matt Hancock is now reportedly looking at ways to get people to install the app \u2013 as at least 60 per cent need to for it to work efficiently.<br>It\u2019s already been revealed Apple and Google are teaming up to develop phones which will reveal if you have been within two metres of someone who has the virus.<br>The powerful pair \u2013 who operate 99 per cent of the world\u2019s smartphones \u2013 plan to add new software to make it easier to track down people who may have been infected.<br>The \u2018contact tracing\u2019 will play a vital role in managing the deadly virus, according to health experts.<br>The system will work by emitting unique Bluetooth signals and then phones within around two metres can record information about their encounters.<br>Those who test positive for coronavirus can then opt to send an encrypted list of the phones they came near to onto Apple and Google.<br>The system will then trigger alerts to those who have potentially been exposed to the killer infection.<br>Medics would then need to confirm that a person has tested positive for COVID-19 before they can send on the data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai &#8211; 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