China embraces tele-medicine to keep the doctor away
As millions of Chinese heed official calls to reduce person-to-person encounters but are fearful of entering hospitals or simply can't reach clinics due to virus-related transport restrictions, tele-medicine is booming in China. – AFP pic, March 10, 2020.
AS the coronavirus crisis rages, a Chinese woman working in Paris takes to a computer to consult a doctor thousands of kilometres away in Shanghai about a worrisome cough and headache. The physician says she probably has the common cold and prescribes rest, in a cyber-consultation that embodies the huge push the coronavirus epidemic has given tele-medicine.
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