India Developing App to Track Potential COVID-19 Patients: Report

The Indian authorities is reportedly working on an app to assistance track people suspected to have contracted the novel coronavirus. The app is said to be currently in beta testing on both Android and iOS, with the initial stable version expected to be launched in the coming days. It is reportedly being distributed among beta testers on Android through an APK, whereas iOS users are having to share their device UDIDs with the National Informatics Middle to become a unique download link.

Co-ordinate to reports, the app will assist the authorities trace the personal travel histories of individuals and figure out how many people they might have come in contact with. That, experts believe, will go a long way in helping to contain the customs spread of SARS-CoV-ii past quarantining potential carriers. It will also rail people who are believed to have come in contact with known COVID-nineteen patients to help stem the spread of the disease.

Speaking to ET on the condition of anonymity, officials from Niti Aayog and the Ministry of Electronics and It (MeitY) said that the two were developing split apps for the same purpose, but have now decided to merge the best parts of those apps into a single, powerful app that covers all the bases.

It'south not immediately clear as to who is developing the upcoming app or what it will be named, but a Niti Aayog affiche from earlier in the week had revealed that the app information technology was working on was tentatively called CoWin-20, while the MeitY app is said to have been named Corona Kavach.