Chinese Citizens Turn to Virus Tracker Apps to Avoid Infected Neighborhoods

Chinese Citizens Turn to Virus Tracker Apps to Avoid Infected Neighborhoods
A woman wearing a mask checks her mobile phone in Shanghai, China on Jan. 29, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters
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SHENZHEN, China—Chinese citizens are using mapping programs and travel trackers in a bid to avoid neighborhoods with infections of the coronavirus and to better prepare for the dangers they face.

Both data mapping company QuantUrban and a third-party Wechat mini-program developer have created platforms that take official information on the neighborhoods where confirmed cases live and map it geographically so that users can gauge how close they are to infection sites.