European countries look for privacy-friendly digital tools to track spread of coronavirus

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Governments around the world are using digital tracking tools to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In Europe, where privacy and data protections are among the strongest in the world, there’s an effort to come up with effective digital tracking tools that are also privacy-friendly. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports. 

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