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Coronavirus pandemic
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Here are some of the latest China apps and platforms people are using to combat the coronavirus

  • The deadly coronavirus that causes the illness Covid-19 continues to sweep across China
  • Tech companies have introduced new features and platforms to provide accurate information to users and help in outbreak-containment efforts

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China’s tech companies are introducing even more new features and platforms to provide accurate information to users and help in outbreak containment efforts. Photo: EPA-EFE
Minghe Hu
As the deadly coronavirus that causes the illness Covid-19 continues to sweep across China, claiming almost 1,400 lives and sickening almost 64,000 in the country as of Friday morning, the country’s tech companies are introducing even more new features and platforms to provide accurate information to users and help in outbreak containment efforts.

Here is a round-up of some of the latest apps and online services introduced in response to the epidemic:

1. Apps to check if you’ve come into close contact with infected people

Chinese authorities co-launched a platform called the “close contact detector” this week. The platform can detect if someone has had close contact with a person confirmed or suspected to have been infected in the recent past. It uses big data on the movement of people and records from public authorities to see if they have within the last two weeks worked, lived, or travelled with a person confirmed or suspected to have the virus.
Qihoo 360 and NoSugar Tech also introduced a similar AI-based platform that lets users check if they have recently travelled with someone who contracted the new coronavirus.

2. Weeding out counterfeit masks and profiteering online merchants

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