Radio Taiwan International
Date: 29 January, 2020
By: Jake Chen

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will use mobile phones to ensure that potential virus carriers exercise proper quarantine measures.

CDC Deputy Director General Chuang Jen-hsiang said Wednesday that the 460 people who have come into contact with the eight local coronavirus patients will receive a mobile phone. Chuang said that the phones came with a messaging app that allows the CDC to check-in with these at-risk individuals daily. The goal is to make sure that these individuals stay at home and quarantine themselves from others.    [FULL  STORY]