No, this is not a new episode of Black Mirror, but the new device tested in China against the Covid-19. This Monday, schoolchildren from Beijing made their comeback with an electronic bracelet that gives the alert in case of fever.
China is using many technologies to try to control the new coronavirus which officially contaminated nearly 83,000 people, including 4,633 fatally. The country, first affected by the virus, closed all of its schools in January. The courses were until then given online.
A dreaded second wave
These smart bracelets provide students' temperature in real time. Their parents and schools can then monitor it via a mobile phone application, according to the Beijing Daily . In case of abnormal temperature - above 37.2 degrees - the bracelet sends an alert to teachers who are encouraged to notify the police, the newspaper said.
This device is in the testing phase in five districts of the Chinese capital. Temperature controls, the mandatory wearing of a mask and distancing measures have become the norm in schools across the country, at a time when the authorities fear an increase in contamination.
Twenty new cases
If China has so far largely contained the epidemic on its territory, the country reported on Monday 17 new cases, including 10 of local origin, notably in Wuhan (center), a metropolis placed for more than two months in quarantine and where the virus was discovered late last year.
In Beijing, only senior high school students have so far been allowed to return to class to prepare for the bac. In March, the sparsely populated provinces of Qinghai (northwest) and Guizhou (southwest) were the first to gradually organize their return.
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