Coronavirus: New tech being used to fight pandemic

Real estate investor Tom Barrack on how the outbreak is impacting the housing market. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. As nations around the world scramble to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, straining medical resources and overburdening doctors, governments are turning to technology to help fight back the outbreak. Multiple Asian governments have used smartphone apps to track data of users who have tested positive for COVID-19. In South Korea, a compulsory app enforces self-isolation for those ordered to maintain it. Taiwan and Singapore are also using smartphone apps to enforce quarantines via "electronic fences" that alert authorities when someone moves out of quarantine.