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COVID-19 Cases Rose 17% Last Week; Deaths Increased 5.5%

(Reuters) – The weekly number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States rose last week for the first time after falling for eight straight weeks, an increase that health experts attributed to schools reopening and parties over the Labor Day holiday. New cases rose 17% to about 287,000 for the week ended Sept. 20, while deaths rose 5.5% to about 5,400 people after falling for the previous four weeks, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports. Thirteen states have seen weekly infections rise for at least two weeks, up from nine states the previous week, according to the Reuters tally. In Arizona, new cases doubled last week. On average, more than 776 people a day died from COVID-19 last week, with deaths rising in Arkansas, Kansas and Virginia. After weeks of declining test rates, an average of 812,000 people a day were tested last week. The […]

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GTX Corp Begins Pre Order Sales and Testing of 4G LTE SmartSoles

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – September 17, 2020 – GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (“the Company”), a pioneer in the field of health & safety wearable GPS human and asset tracking systems and personal protective medical equipment, announced today it has begun taking pre- orders as field testing its new 4G LTE MB IoT GPS SmartSoles commences. “Our new 4G model has been completely re-engineered in the U.S. from the ground floor up, including a new custom designed board and antennae, a more powerful and longer lasting battery, enhanced firmware and a super slim, low profile military grade encapsulation,” stated Patrick Bertagna, GTX Corp CEO. The global wearable medical device market is expected to reach $9.4 billion by 2022 and with approximately ten percent of the seventy million plus population over the age of sixty-five that will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s just in the United States alone, not to mention the need for contact tracing […]

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AIPIA Virtual Congress Update: Tequila Brand gets Smart

29-07-2020 | AIPIA Serpiente Ultra Premium Tequila is the first spirit under the umbrella of Mayo Akindele’s Houston, Texas based liquor importation company Nomad Spirits Company. This tequila is made from 100% Weber Blue Agave & bottled in one of a kind crystal glass king cobra bottles in the town of Tequila, Jalisco, he says. To make Serpiente, the distillery selects a mixture of 50% Highland Agave and 50% Lowland Agave and use naturally refined water that’s been treated via reverse osmosis and deionization. In order to increase levels of product security, authentication and transparency in the supply chain, the bottles are equipped with NFC chips and the boxes are sealed with a tamper-proof NFC label. Utilizing blockchain technology and an embedded NFC chip, each bottle will have a unique digital ID that allows for chain of custody data to be captured & stored on an immutable ledger on the Ethereum blockchain. Akindele will share the experience of developing this brand of […]

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AARP.com- State-by-State Guide to Face Mask Requirements

34 states now mandate face-covering in public as Mississippi joins list by Andy Markowitz, AARP, Updated August 17, 2020 Share with twitterShare with linkedinShare using emailPrint  State-by-State Guide to Face Mask Requirements 34 states now mandate face-covering in public as Mississippi joins list by Andy Markowitz, AARP, Updated August 17, 2020 | Comments: 15 BRAULIO JATAR/SOPA IMAGES/ZUMA WIRE/ALAMY LIVE NEWS Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Mississippi came under a statewide mask mandate Aug. 4, becoming the 34th state to require people to wear face coverings in public to curb the spread of COVID-19. The […]

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GTX Corp Reports Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Summary Update

Despite COVID-19, GTX reports another profitable quarter LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, August 18, 2020GTX Corp (OTCQB: GTXO) (“the Company”), a pioneer in the field of wearable GPS, people and asset tracking Location-Based Services (LBS) and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced financial results for the Second Quarter ended June 30, 2020 and provided the following corporate summary. Second Quarter Financial Highlights (3 months): GTX showed a net profit for the 2nd quarter in a row. Product revenue increased 399% over the 2019 comparable period. Total operating expenses decreased 19% from 2019, including: Total quarterly revenue for the comparable period declined 44% primarily due to a one-time transaction in the same quarter in 2019. Retired more than $155,000 in convertible debt. 2020 Year-to-Date Financial Highlights (6 months): GTX showed a net profit for the 2nd consecutive quarter. Product revenue increased 336% over 2019 comparable period. Total operating expenses decreased 32% from 2019, […]

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What is our future after the pandemic? – SolveQ

We would like to get a better insight into what we could expect, how we should prepare for upcoming months and years.

Authentication with Smart Packaging

Recently The Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA) published a user case discussing how Serpiente Ultra Premium Tequila is implementing NFC and Blockchain technology powered by the GTX Veritap Solution. “In order to increase our levels of product security, authentication and transparency in the supply chain, our bottles are equipped with NFC chips and our boxes are sealed with a tamper-proof NFC label,” Stated Mayo Akindele Nomad Spirits Company Founder and CEO. Stay tuned here to learn more about the Serpiente Ultra Premium Tequila launch, AIPIA , NFC and blockchain.

CEO of GTX Corp, Patrick Bertagna, is Featured on The Stock Day Podcast

Phoenix, Arizona–(Newsfile Corp. – July 27, 2020) – The Stock Day Podcast welcomed GTX Corp. (GTXO)(“the Company”), a pioneer in smart, mobile, and wearable GPS tracking and recovery location-based solutions designed around health and safety. CEO of the Company, Patrick Bertagna, joined Stock Day host Everett Jolly. Jolly began the interview by asking Bertagna about the Company’s background and current projects. “We are a wearable technology, medical supply company,” explained Bertagna. “We’re best known for our flagship product, the GPS SmartSole,” he added. “This is a GPS device inside of an orthotic insole, and it’s designed to track and monitor people with cognitive disorders, such as autism, dementia, and also law enforcement and military – people who need a covert type of tracking solution,” said Bertagna. “We’re known to be in the tracking and monitoring business, all around medical supplies, but since COVID hit us in March, we pivoted and […]

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Los Angeles Magazine- Here’s What It’ll Cost to Be Caught without a Mask in Some Local Cities

Glendale, West Hollywood, and other SoCal municipalities are cracking down on mask-avoiders By Brittany Martin -July 23, 2020 Full article. Local public health officials tried being nice. They repeatedly reminded us of the importance of wearing face coverings in public, even pointing to studies that suggest universal mask compliance could mean getting a handle on the pandemic within six weeks, rather than months or years. They told us about how wearing a mask shows consideration for other people, particularly the vulnerable. But since the nice approach didn’t do it for everyone, some local authorities have decided to crack down with new face mask rules. Multiple municipalities in the region have announced fines for not wearing masks will now be issued. “Our last option was to conduct enforcement by issuing an Administrative Citation, but the risk to community health is too great,” Captain Edward Ramirez of the West Hollywood sheriff’s station told the Los Angeles […]

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GTX Now Offering PPE Same Day Curbside Pickup

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, July 16, 2020 — GTX Corp (GTXO), a pioneer in the field of health and safety wearable technology and an Industry Wired top company to watch in 2020,  is pleased to announce it is now offering curbside pickup for essential Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”). As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the best service to our local community, we are introducing curbside pickup whereby our customers can retrieve their PPE protective gear orders Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., within two hours from the time they place their order. As many parts of the country continue to see a rise in COVID-19 cases, GTX is seeing a direct correlation in PPE demand and one of our most often asked questions is, ‘how fast can we get our order?’  “So now, in Los Angeles, we can say within two hours,” commented Meghan Ravada, GTX Corp Customer […]

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