(AP) As the spread of the coronavirus eases, people gradually return to work pondering the impact it might have on their jobs. Europe’s second-biggest port is getting ready to test a device aimed at helping thousands of people employed there to respect social distancing.
At Antwerp in Belgium, where some 900 companies operate in an area the size of a small town, two teams of port workers will be wearing a bracelet originally designed to find tugboat crew members that have fallen overboard. The bracelet has now been modified to help stop the spread of the disease.
Until a vaccine is found, respecting Europe’s recommended safe distance of 1.5 meters (around five feet), regular hand-washing and the use of masks remain the best methods to defend against any new virus outbreak. So a mad scramble has begun to develop technologies to prevent its spread.