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How wearing a Fitbit on your wrist could detect COVID-19 – Warwick Daily News
The fitness tracker you’re wearing may be able to detect coronavirus before you feel the symptoms, a promising study has revealed.
Your smartwatch could detect you’ve contracted COVID-19 a day or even a week before symptoms begin using new technology developed by Fitbit that its co-founder said could “help stop the spread of the virus”.
The wearable technology firm has unveiled some results from its study of 100,000 Fitbit users, including 900 who contracted coronavirus, revealing new software using its health data could detect half of all cases with a high degree of confidence.
The algorithm is currently undergoing medic…
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