Singapore launches app to combat spread of COVID-19

A new app developed by Singapore’s Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and the Ministry of Health, has been launched to help trace and record citizens movements to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Users must provide explicit consent to participate in the app, TraceTogether, and for their mobile number and app data to be used for contact tracing.
Previously authorities relied on the recall and memory of those suspected to be infected with coronavirus, in which many could not remember all their contacts, or did not have information about the people with whom they had been in contact. 
The app works by exchanging short-distance Bluetooth signals between phones to detect other participating Tra...