Coronavirus: Chinese citizens turn to tracker apps to avoid infected neighbourhoods

Coronavirus: Chinese citizens turn to tracker apps to avoid infected neighbourhoods

The Straits Times - Asia·2020-02-04 03:41

SHENZHEN (REUTERS) - Chinese citizens are using mapping programmes and travel trackers in a bid to avoid neighbourhoods with infections of the coronavirus and to better prepare for the dangers they face.

Both data mapping company QuantUrban and a third-party Wechat mini-programme developer have created platforms that take official information on the neighbourhoods where confirmed cases live and map it geographically so that users can gauge how close they are to infection sites.

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