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Mexico City launches Coronavirus QR codes and rapid tests

12/01/202011/27/2020 Jesse Collins

The goal of the new strategy is to “Break the Chain” of the COVID-19 spread in the city. Mexico City has launched a new strategy involving coronavirus QR codes and rapid testing as a part of a wider test-and-taste approach to stopping the spread of COVID-19. This move is made following a spike in hospitalizations raising concerns of a new economic lockdown. Mexico’s testing rate is one of the lowest in the world. For several months, it has worked to build capacity in its hospitals instead of using localized outbreaks…

Amazon mobile payments system to roll out in Mexico

03/12/201903/10/2019 L. Green

The new mobile payments system will allow Amazon customers to pay via QR code. The e-Commerce giant is working with Mexico’s government-backed central bank on an Amazon mobile payments system. The system will reportedly enable customers to pay for goods using their smartphone to scan a quick response (QR) code. The new payments program is called CoDi. The Amazon mobile payments system is known as CoDi and it will be the first time that Amazon has offered this type of scanning tech in Mexico. The hope is that by introducing…