Apart from India, at least 29 countries are using contact tracing apps around the world. In China, Users scan QR codes to share information about their health status and travel history. These codes need to be scanned before boarding buses and trains or entering airports – something which even India is looking at – to make the app an e-pass for movement of people. In Italy, the app works on a voluntary basis. In Germany, the government has not developed a home-grown app but is looking at support from US tech giants – Apple and Google.

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