Taipei Times
Date: Jun 09, 2020
By: Liu Hui-chin and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The “World Social Distancing Pedometer” is pictured yesterday in a screen grab from the COVID-19 Dashboard Web site operated by the National Center for High-Performance Computing.
Photo: Screen grab from the COVID-19 Dashboard Web site
The tool, called “World Social Distancing Pedometer,” shows the number of “steps” by which Taiwan should keep away from each nation.
The steps are calculated using the number of infections reported in each country, so the higher the number of cases, the more “social distance” travelers should keep from that place, said the National Center for High-performance Computing, which developed the tool.
The tool uses a five-color system to denote travel safety — green, light green, yellow, orange and red — the center said, adding that the data are updated every five minutes. [FULL STORY]
