New Mexico is using cell phone data to track the movement of people within the state for information on whether people are abiding by stay-at-home orders, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says
The state wants to screen truckers who are bringing in supplies and take their temperatures but doesn't have enough temperature readers to do so, Lujan Grisham said."We're really nervous that this virus will follow travelers into the state," she explained.The state is using road signage to let travelers from out of state know that many state parks are closed and small communities should not be visited, Lujan Grisham said.
CNN has reached out to the governor's office for more information on how the cell phone data is being gathered and analyzed.The Trump administration is in discussions with the tech industry, including Facebook and Google, about how to use Americans' cellphone location data to track the spread of the novel coronavirus, the companies told CNN last month.Another pair of companies showed this month how tracking location data from phones can be used to monitor the spread of the virus.
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