Release date: Sep. 8, 2020
Last updated: Jan. 13, 2022

Could an Indoor Location Information System Become a Magic Bullet that Mitigates COVID-19?

In order to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, the world is shifting to a "new normal" in which social distancing is practiced and contact between people is avoided. Due to early evidence suggesting that the spread of COVID-19 is much more aggressive indoors than outdoors, many companies have begun efforts to monitor workers’ movements and trace contacts in order to keep offices and factories from becoming new epicenters of infection.