07/05/2021

Swiss startup trials UV light cleaning robots to make air travel safer

The sterilisation method has been used in hospitals and laboratories for more than 50 years.

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07/05/2021

Chatbot aims to tackle concerns around COVID-19 vaccines

Creative technology agency Rehab and the University of Nottingham has launched Covid Vax Facts, an online chatbot aimed at tackling concerns around the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.

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07/05/2021

The need for privacy in vaccine passport policies

As more Americans seek vaccines to reopen the doors to their lives, the topic of digital passports to prove inoculation against COVID-19 has spiraled upward. The evolving story of vaccine passports is global, complicated, politicized and polarized. In many cases, these stories do not consider one of the most critical concerns: privacy impacts related to personal medical information security.

Hacking Healthcare, the weekly blog for members of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), recently provided some key updates. The EU has launched a Digital Green Certificate Program, expected to be ready later this summer. Israel has a Green Pass to validate vaccination (or COVID-19 recovery date for antibody immunity), needed to enter restaurants and other crowded venues.

Chris Elliott with the Washington Post recently covered new programs, including the IATA Travel PASS, a digital platform under development from the International Air Transport Association, and the Common Pass, a digital immunity passport in testing by the non-the profit group Commons Project Foundation along with the World Economic Forum. The Commons Project is also working with Walmart and Sam’s Club to offer digital access to a person’s vaccine records. Our favorite TSA line-skipping service, CLEAR, is also getting in the game.

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07/05/2021

Covid-19 : les données incomplètes de Santé publique France compliquent le suivi de l’épidémie

Analyse des chaînes de contamination, détail des « clusters », taux de tests effectués par les cas contacts : autant de données cruciales que réclament, en vain, citoyens, chercheurs et journalistes.

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