Covid-19: How Asian countries got contact-tracing right while European states are struggling


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Japan and South Korea trace beyond 48 hours to establish where the sick person caught the virus about 4 hours ago Naomi O’Leary Europe Correspondent , Derek Scally Berlin Correspondent Ireland’s official Covid tracker app. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire The tracker app called Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (DP-3T) during a test with Swiss soldiers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). File photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA After experiencing one of Europe’s worst outbreaks, Italy has now become best in class in Europe at fighting the pandemic. File photograph: Massimo Pinca/Reuters Previous Image Next Image The practice of contact tracing was...