How to end virus lockdowns? Technology, tests, coordination

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Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness have pinned their hopes on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions, AP reported.

While the European Union looked into creating a Covid-19 smartphone app that could function across the bloc, governors on both United States coasts pledged to work together as they planned an end to the confinement of millions.

The main concern is to avoid new coronavirus hot spots and flare-ups of infections. But trying to build such infrastructure while still in mid-crisis during the pandemic is proving difficult.

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