Antwerp port.Photo by DIRK WAEM/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images
- Dockworkers in Belgium are wearing bracelets to enforce social distancing.
- The bracelets were already used to detect if someone fell into the water, but now they will sound an alarm if workers get to close to each other.
- Manufacturers say there is no privacy issue and the bracelets don't track workers' locations, despite concerns.
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Quarantine and social distancing are going high-tech as countries and companies embrace wearables. In Antwerp, Belgium, dockworkers are instructed to wear bracelets that enforce social distancing rules while they work.
Europe, where more than 100,000 people have died from COVID-19, is slowly starting to reopen in some places. Stay at home orders are expiring in many countries, while nonessential travel has stopped across the EU, and countries look towards the summer to anticipate what kind of travel might be possible.
People are beginning to go back to work, which in some sectors means inevitable close contact, especially in many essential jobs. Social distancing bracelets in Belgium are one idea bing tested to see what the future of work might look like after coronavirus.
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