- Reuters launches a new global initiative to track the state of the pandemic worldwide.
- It features the latest global data and trends along with dedicated pages for 240 countries and territories.
- The site is based on data from government health agencies and other local reporting groups that is verified by Reuters.
- The COVID-19 Global Tracker will mark the latest trends in countries that lead the world in new infections and deaths.
- Also, it provides a quick reference of where outbreaks are increasing or decreasing.
An official news on Reuters website says that it launches new COVID-19 Global Tracker, including dedicated outbreak trackers for 240 countries and territories around the world.
Reuters’ unique effort
The project showcases a unique effort by Reuters global editorial team to collect and verify the latest and most accurate COVID-19 infections.
The Reuters team also updates the deaths data around-the-clock.
The site functions on basis of the data from government health agencies and other local reporting groups.
There will be clear warnings when Reuters knows COVID-19 data is incomplete or inaccurate and persistent efforts to reconcile the data when better information becomes available.
Additional features
Additionally it features auto-generated headlines from the latest data.
It describes major milestones an shifts in trends that happens across the world.
The headlines is to identify key and trending news as Reuters logs the data, hour-by-hour.
Reuters to provide current Covid 19 situation
The COVID-19 Global Tracker brings out the current situation in all countries.
It will also signal the new spikes, survey the impact of changing lockdown policies to contain the spread of the virus.
It gives the readers a timely view of which territories are hitting the peak of their own outbreak relative to their history with the virus so far.
For more details on COVID-19 Global Tracker visit here.
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Source: Reuters
