Singapore Considers Wearable Tech Devices For All to Trace Virus
- Successful portable device may be distributed to everyone
- Mandatory use of contact tracing phone app ruled out
A Government Technology Agency (GovTech) staff demonstrates Singapore's new contact-tracing smarthphone app called TraceTogether in Singapore.
Photographer: Catherine Lai/AFP via Getty Images
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Singapore is working on a contact tracing method that would involve a portable wearable device that could be distributed to everyone in the country.
The consideration comes as the city-state ruled out the mandatory use of a contact tracing phone app called TraceTogether as a tool to monitor and track the Covid-19 spread in the country, Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in parliament on Friday.