World Coronavirus Dispatch: EU states to pilot Covid-tracing apps

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A group of EU member states including Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic will today start piloting a technical system to connect their national Covid-19 tracing apps in an effort to contain the spread of the virus as people travel across borders. The system, due to be fully operational in October, arrives as cases are again on the rise across the bloc. 

The move underscores the need to sync Covid-19 tracing systems with those of neighbourhood regions as, fortunately or unfortunately, people start moving around more. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 29,006,033

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