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The European Open Science Cloud Secretariat initiative has approved €1,235,000 in emergency funding for 32 projects to specifically tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
The firms are collaborating to launch a digital medication management and lifestyle platform across Europe.
The two companies have partnered to provide the tool, which works by guiding travellers through an AI-powered assessment based on WHO guidelines.
The scanner, which can read up to six people’s temperature at once, could be used to protect workers from COVID-19.
The Health Service Executive in Ireland has indicated that the COVID-19 tracker app will be downloadable from Google and Apple app stores, subject to final government approval.
Infection surveillance and infection control are part of what makes countries successful that manage to keep the SarsCoV2 pandemic in check. Properly implemented, digital solutions can help a lot with testing, tracing and isolating. Striking the right balance between meeting public health requirements and upholding privacy is not easy though.
Pagabo and Moodbeam have collaborated to aid mental health and wellbeing and improve working conditions in the construction sector.
The proceeds will be used to further develop its technology which transforms clinical text into data.
In a new investigation by Amnesty International, the two Gulf states and Norway have released apps that reportedly operate as mass surveillance tools.
Demand for tech solutions has soared in Finland during the pandemic as healthcare providers seek new ways to diagnose and treat patients, and source properly tested PPE.