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    "title": "COVID-19: Belgium analyses telecom data to measure the impact of confinement",
    "modified_at": "2020-04-07 13:58:28",
    "published_at": "2020-03-27 13:00:00",
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    "body": "<p><strong>Highlights</strong></p><ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span>Belgium&rsquo;s &ldquo;Data Against Corona&rdquo; taskforce has processed anonymized and aggregated telecom data from millions of Belgians, without compromising privacy</span></li><li><span>The data is used to compute mobility metrics per postal code - such as the number of trips or the % of time spent outside of one&rsquo;s residential ZIP code</span></li><li><span>Since national confinement measures have been enacted on March 18th, the average Belgian has reduced his mobility by more than 50%</span></li><li><span>Belgians spend roughly 80% of their time at their home ZIP code<br>\u200b</span></li></ul><p>BRUSSELS (27 MARCH 2020) - <strong>In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belgian Minister of Health (Maggie De Block) and the Minister of Telecom, Digital &amp; Privacy (Philippe De Backer) have received the first results from the &ldquo;Data Against Corona&rdquo; taskforce that combines telecom data and epidemiological data in a privacy-friendly and GDPR-compliant model.</strong></p><a href='https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/9d872ae9-0c38-460d-bb02-76ccce802485/-/inline/no/20200329international-press-release-data-against-corona.pdf' class='release-content-attachment' id='attachment-9d872ae9-0c38-460d-bb02-76ccce802485' data-type='attachment' data-track='Story File Download' data-placement='content' data-id='9d872ae9-0c38-460d-bb02-76ccce802485'>\n    <span class='release-content-attachment__icon'>\n        <svg class=\"icon icon-download\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-download\"></use>\n            </svg>\n    </span>\n    <span class='release-content-attachment__details'>\n        <strong class='release-content-attachment__title'>Press release</strong>\n        <em class='release-content-attachment__subtitle'>20200329_International Press Release - Data Against Corona.pdf - 373 KB</em>\n    </span>\n</a><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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