Spain will try out a new smartphone app aimed at thwarting the spread of the coronavirus by injecting hundreds of false cases into the system in a test run starting on Friday on the Canary Island of Gomera.
FILE PHOTO: A commuter waits at a metro platform, as Spain lifted the state of emergency after the coronavirus disease lockdown, in Madrid, Spain, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
“The idea is that approximately 3,000 people download it and we will introduce around 300 simulators, beta testers, to mimic a pandemic among 10% of the population,” a government spokeswoman said.To guard against impinging on people’s privacy, contact records will be stored on individual devices rather than a central server, using a standard developed by Apple and Google.
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