Top 10 COVID-19 Tracking Apps
Currently, the world is facing tough times due to the outbreak of the Novel Corona Virus Disease. It’s a debilitating, life-threatening, and one of the most contagious diseases, from which millions of people are suffering all around the world. It’s important to prevent and slow down its transmission rate, and it’s only possible when people are well-informed about COVID-19 and how it spreads.
As this pandemic continues to spread across different countries, Governments of different countries are launching mobile applications to make their citizens aware of their surroundings. These COVID-19 apps use Digital Contact Tracing, Bluetooth technology to track infected persons. Not just contact tracking, but these apps aim at spreading awareness and significantly allaying the load of healthcare professionals. So, we can say, to protect people and reduce the impact of Corona Virus, Technology has come to the rescue! Different applications are developed and launched in different countries, have a glance at some popular & highly-downloaded COVID-19 Apps.
Aarogya Setu
Aarogya Setu is an open-source COVID-19 contact tracking app developed by the Government of India. This app was launched on 2 April 2020 by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), which was downloaded by 50 million users in just 13 days of its release. It uses Bluetooth technology to track the person infected from Novel Coronavirus disease.
Covid Watch
Covid Watch was founded in February 2020 in the US that uses Bluetooth signals to track infected persons and alert users anonymously if they were in contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.
HaMagen
HaMagen, Launched on March 22, 2020, by Health Ministry of Israel is a contact tracing app for iOS & Android. It ensures complete privacy of information and lets users know if in the previous 14 days they were close to someone who is diagnosed with COVID-19.
COVIDSafe
COVIDSafe is a digital contact tracing app developed for iOS & Android users by the Government of Australia for their citizens in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This app is built on the BlueTrace protocol. It securely records the information when two app users pass by; this allows health officials to contact a person if he/she has been in close contact with anyone tested positive for Coronavirus.
PeduliLindungi
Developed for Indonesian citizens, PeduliLindungi helps users to fight COVID-19, reduce the spread of this ongoing pandemic, and help the Government to track confirmed cases.
NZ COVID Tracer
Launched by NZ’s Ministry of Health on 20 May 2020, NZ COVID Tracer is a contact tracing app that empowers people to combat this on-going pandemic. This app is available to download for both Android and iOS users in New Zealand.
TraceTogether
Released by the Government of Singapore on March 20, 2020, TraceTogether is built on BlueTrace protocol that allows for digital contact tracing. It is an easy to use app for both iOS and Android users that tracks an infected person and warns the user if he/she were in close proximity to them during the last 15 days.
ProteGO Safe
ProteGO Safe is a contact tracing and medical reporting app used in Poland to combat Corona Virus Disease.
Self Shield
Self Shield, formerly known as COVID Shield, is developed by Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health for the purpose of self-heath checking and quarantine monitoring, AI-driven breathing performance assessment, and more.
VírusRadar
VírusRadar uses Bluetooth technology to track random IDs within 2 meters of proximity in the past 14 days. Released in May 2020, this app is operated by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology of Hungary.
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