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IBM, Oracle launch blockchain to integrate COVID-19 data from World Health Organization, CDC

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Enterprise blockchain startup HACERA initiated a new blockchain platform MiPasa to help with data aggregation and analytics for COVID-19. It partnered with IBM, Oracle and others to make it happen. Talking about the pandemic, HACERA founder Jonathan Levi said: “I don’t think we have just a few more weeks to go, unfortunately, and we need to be able to make informed decisions.”

We’ve all seen data from the World Health Organization (WHO), John Hopkins University, the Center of Disease Control (CDC) and others. The MiPesa project aims to synthesize data from separate sources and help to reconcile them. It plans to ensure that the data in the system matches the original. And the public will report data discrepancies.

By aggregating data from numerous sources, the project hopes to be able to help public health officials and others to be able to study the information.

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