Response Tag: Recovery-Oriented

​Rakning C-19 is an official app from the Icelandic Government to help mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic in Iceland. The app collects the GNSS (GPS) location of the phone and stores locally on the device. If the phone owner is diagnosed with the Covid-19 disease he is asked by the Directorate of Health to share the location data for contact tracing in order to identify individuals that might need to go into quarantine.

​​​Smittestopp is an app that will help Norwegian health authorities to limit the transmission of coronavirus. Anonymised data about movement patterns in society from the app are used to develop effective infection control measures. Once a user has downloaded and started to use the Smittestopp app, he or she will be sent a text message if has been in close contact with another Smittestop user who is subsequently diagnosed with  COVID-19. The message will advise about how to limit further…

Combating the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic requires the rapid identification of people who have come into recent contact with confirmed cases of the SARS-Cov-2 virus. This allows for timely interventions such as evacuation and disinfection of spaces and for assistance in locating people who have been close to a carrier or have been exposed to the virus, so that they too can be appropriately tested or treated.  

​​​Crowdless is helping people make informed decisions and navigate more safely as they carry out their essential tasks, providing real-time live data on the busyness of essential places that people need to visit, such as supermarkets and pharmacies thanks to combination of existing data sources and crowdsourced data to ensure that users have real-time information on how crowded places are.

Singapore launched a dedicated emergency response healthcare centre in their Tan Tock Seng Hospital, just weeks before the COVID crisis, which has used innovative techniques to help co-ordinate responses to the crisis. This centre has done a number of innovative things as part of their 34 widgets that they have developed to monitor specific elements of the outbreak and response. Other responses include: At specific sites, like the National Centre for Infectious Disease (NCID)'s screening centre,…

Bristol, UK, has decided to to transform parts of the historic Old City area into fully pedestrianised zones. Plans are being drawn up to widen pavements and improve cycle routes through Bristol too on other roads. Some historic streets like Corn Street, St Nicholas Street and Small Street are due to be pedestrianised. Also, Bristol Bridge is to be closed to motor traffic apart from public transport, taxis and motorcyles. The idea is to orientate the city both for the present and the…

Hangzhou, the Chinese tech-hub megacity, have announced plans to use their health code app from their coronavirus response in future public health plans. The app displays a QR code with the user's current viral status, granting different freedoms of movement depending on your status or not. The plans for the app is to integrate other health data and indicators to develop individual rankings, scoring citizens based off indicators including medical records, physical test results, level of activity…

The Swiss parliament has backed the government’s request for nearly 1.9 billion Swiss francs ($1.97 billion) in aid for the struggling aviation sector crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, but said carriers must meet environmental targets. The lower house of the parliament linked approval of the package to assurances that the carriers would adhere to future government climate targets. Aviation bailout funds are to be used only for Swiss infrastructure. The government forbade dividends or other…

France has launched a €7bn bailout to help Air France deal with the economic fallout, but with various innovative environmental conditionalities attached. The support will include a state guarantee on loans and a subordinated shareholder loan to the company by France. The money is contingent on the carrier reducing pollution by scrapping certain domestic flights, in which travelling by train is a viable option. Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire  said the coronavirus crisis provided…

Some of the busiest traffic arteries in Paris will be reserved for cyclists in a bid to limit crowds on public transport when France begins lifting its coronavirus lockdown next week, the city's mayor Anne Hidalgo has said. In total, 50 kilometres (30 miles) of lanes normally used by cars will be reserved for bicycles. The mayor had already announced last week that the Rue de Rivoli, the main east-west thoroughfare through the heart of the French capital, would be only for bikes starting May…