The Japanese government gave 2,000 iPhones to passengers stuck on a cruise ship with more than 100 confirmed coronavirus cases.
The phones were reportedly given out so passengers could download an app where they can request medication and talk with doctors.
Without the phones, people may not have been able to download the app if their own devices were registered to app stores via countries outside of Japan.The Japanese government has found a novel way to use technology as it works to combat the coronavirus outbreak, which has spread to its own backyard.
On Friday, they received a tiny bit of good news in the form of 2,000 iPhones, or one per cabin, courtesy of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Japanese telecom company SoftBank, according to
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