Singapore Dense contact Free distribution of specified devices to people aged 7 and over 4:21 on September 10
The Singapore government, which is promoting measures to strengthen infection with the new coronavirus, announced that it will distribute free of charge small portable devices that can identify people who have made heavy contact with the infected person to all people over the age of 7 living in Japan. Did.
In Singapore, efforts have been made to detect and record when a free smartphone app detects a person who has been in contact with an infected person for more than 30 minutes within a radius of 2 meters, in order to identify those who have had heavy contact with the infected person. The number of people was about 2.4 million, or about 40% of the population.
As a result, the Singapore government has announced that it will distribute small, portable devices free of charge to all 7-year-olds living in the country.
This device, which is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, uses Bluetooth for short-range communication to record people who may have a heavy contact, so it does not record location information for privacy protection.
The government plans to start distribution from 14th of this month, giving priority to elderly people who often do not have smartphones.