14 March 2020
Yue Yuan, an expert on international relations and space security policies, summarised for the international web portal SpaceWatchGlobal how China used space technology in fighting the outbreak of the Coronavirus. She gives several examples how satellite navigation and positioning, telemedicine, distant learning and several user applications were and still are indispensable tools in tackling and mitigating the epidemy.
Part 1
Part 2
Another article on this topic by Tracy Cozzens for the website GPS World on the role of the Beidou Satellite Navigation System in the fight against the Coronavirus