All Robert Koch Institute articles
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News briefs
Joint social media campaign of vds and other German associations calls for store reopening
With #wiederöffnen („reopen“), the Association of German Sports Retailers (vds) has launched a joint social media campaign with other national retail trade associations, which all German retailers are invited to support by sharing on their own social media channels. “We want to achieve that the customers recognize ...
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News briefsCan wearables help predict viral infections?
Fitbit, the Scripps Research Institute and Stanford Medicine have formed a research consortium to detect, track and contain infectious diseases through Fitbit data. There reportedly exists some evidence that wearables like the Fitbit bracelet can help predict certain infections before symptoms appear. The new effort is meant to help predict ...
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ArticleGarmin supports initiative of the Robert Koch Institute to contain Covid-19
A new app called “Corona-Datenspende” (“Corona Data Donation”) presented by the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI) provides information on the distribution of the coronavirus in Germany. Users of the app, which is only available in the German app stores, voluntarily share selected health data that will help RKI scientists to ...
