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Wearables Could Help Fight COVID-19: Fitbit Study – channelnews – ChannelNews
A new study involving Fitbit smartwatches is investigating whether wearables can detect, track, and trace COVID-19 and similar infectious diseases. Fitbit is working with the Scripps Research Translational Institute and Stamford Medicine to support research i…

A new study involving Fitbit smartwatches is investigating whether wearables can detect, track, and trace COVID-19 and similar infectious diseases.
Fitbit is working with the Scripps Research Translational Institute and Stamford Medicine to support research into the role of wearables in helping contain the spread of viral outbreaks, including donating devices to at-risk communities such as frontline health workers.
Scripps has recently launched an app called DETECT for wearables that aims to t…