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15-Apr-20 Taking steps to control the disease well into the future: A smartphone tracking app for new airport arrivals. A “smart city” database of thousands of people infected by the coronavirus. Electronic bracelets that track people breaking quarantine laws. [REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon]
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08-Apr-20 As announced at the State Council’s executive meeting, companies in these zones will enjoy support policies including exemption of value-added and excise taxes on retail exports. Additionally, the Chinese government is encouraging companies to jointly build and share overseas warehouses. [image: Handout]
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04-Apr-20 The government is considering providing Avigan for free to other countries that want to use the flu drug to treat coronavirus patients. The drug, developed by a group firm of Fujifilm Holdings, is considered effective for treating COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. [image: AFP-JIJI]
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02-Apr-20 Home quarantine policies to curb the spread of Covid-19 in China have been a boon for most digital services, including remote work apps, e-learning and mobile gaming, but mobile payments have suffered due to closures imposed by lockdown. [image: Xinhua]
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14-Mar-20 China named its first team of national AI champions in 2017, tasking them to develop the technology for uses including health care. The developments since have proven useful today, in light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Diagnosis is the focus of most AI initiatives in China’s health care sector. [image: Reuters]
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