IOTA blockchain used to track COVID-19 test results at Frankfurt Airport
Ubrich GmbH is providing a solution using IOTA to the Frankfurt Airport Corona Testing Center. Early on in the pandemic, the heightened need for various biosurveillance measures sparked interest in the relevance of privacy-enhancing technologies such as blockchain that could protect public health data amid the crisis. An individual Twitter user claimed last week that Frankfurt Airport's Corona testing center appeared to be using IOTA blockchain technology to manage passengers' health stat, and this fact has now been confirmed to Cointelegraph by the technology provider.Ubirch, a....
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