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Elderly home turns to wearables for contact tracing, sidestepping Apple-Google limits

When a senior residing facility in Amarillo, Texas suspected a nurse can have stuck the unconventional coronavirus this month, it had an inventory inside of 5 mins of team of workers and citizens the nurse may have inflamed.
When a senior living facility in Amarillo, Texas suspected a nurse may have caught the novel coronavirus this month, it had a list within five minutes of staff and residents the nurse could have infected.

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  3. "Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, the companies announced on Wednesday as they released the initial version of their system". (May 20, 2020)
  4. "Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that 20 U.S. states and territories, representing about 45% of the country's population, are "exploring" contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus using a tool it developed with Apple Inc ". (July 31, 2020)
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