New Zealand will test an app that uses smartwatch data to catch Covid-19 days before a diagnosis, health officialsRepresentative Image: A pilot program in New Zealand plans to use smartwatch data to alert users toUp to 500 border workers voluntarily participate in the month-long pilot using elarm, an app created by New Zealand-based AI company Datamine that claims it can catch Covid-19 two or three days before the onset of symptoms, Datamine CEO Paul O’Connor toldThe app collects heart rate,...
Border workers were chosen for the pilot because New Zealand has practically eliminated community spread within the country, making frontline staff who interact with travelers more vulnerable than the rest of the populationall border workers to get vaccinated by the end of April—especially after two cases were linked this month to an unvaccinated border worker—but even after that, the ministry of health sees elarm as “another layer of protection” against new variants and the fact that vaccines...
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