Singapore plans to soon launch a wearable device for novel coronavirus contact tracing that, if successful, it will distribute to all of its 5.7 million residents, the government has said.

“We are developing and will soon roll out a portable wearable device that will ... not depend on possession of a smartphone,” foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan told parliament, according to Reuters.

“If this portable device works, we may then distribute it to everyone in Singapore ... This will be more inclusive, and it will ensure that all of us will be protected,” he added.