Telkom and partners create track-and-trace platform for Covid-19
The system can track an infected person’s location data and who they may have exposed to the coronavirus
02 April 2020 - 13:55
Fixed-line operator Telkom, together with a group of partners, has developed a new track-and-trace platform to help the country's efforts to fight Covid-19, it said on Thursday.
The partially state-owned entity said it has been working with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to develop the system, which takes into account SA’s unique circumstances, which include extreme income inequality, poverty and overcrowding...
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