SINGAPORE's WEARABLE TRACING DEVICE

SINGAPORE TO INTRODUCE WEARABLE TRACING DEVICE 

Singapore plans to give a wearable device that will identify people who had interacted with carriers of corona virus 

One of the most comprehensive contact tracing efforts globally.

Testing of the small devices follows limited take up of a smart phone based system

Singapore: Sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

It lies about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Straits of Malacca to the west, the Riau Islands to the south, and the South China Sea to the east. 

Singapore consists of 63 islands, including the main island, Pulau Ujong

 

Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with no distinctive seasons, uniform temperature and pressure, high humidity, and abundant rainfall.

The country is home to 5.7 million residents 

Singapore became independent as the Republic of Singapore on 9 August 1965, with Lee Kuan Yew and Yusof bin Ishak as the first prime minister and president respectively. 

Along with Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, Singapore is one of the Four Asian Tigers, but has surpassed its peers in terms of GDP per capita. 

The Singaporean economy is regarded as free, innovative, competitive, dynamic and business-friendly.

 

Singapore is the only country in Asia with an AAA sovereign rating from all major rating agencies. .

Singapore is the world's 3rd-largest foreign exchange centre, 3rd-largest financial centre, 2nd-largest casino gambling market, 3rd-largest oil-refining and trading centre, largest oil-rig producer and hub for ship repair services, and largest logistics hub.

Singapore is placed highly in key social indicators: education, healthcare, quality of life, personal safety and housing

In 2020, Singapore was ranked 158th out of 180 nations by Reporters Without Borders in the Worldwide Press Freedom Index.

The World Health Organisation ranks Singapore's healthcare system as 6th overall in the world in its World Health Report. 

The government's healthcare system is based upon the "3M" framework. This has three components: Medifund, which provides a safety net for those not able to otherwise afford healthcare, Medisave, a compulsory national medical savings account system covering about 85% of the population, and Medishield, a government-funded health insurance program.