Post by account_disabled on Feb 24, 2024 20:06:47 GMT -8
This is how RadarCOVID works The mechanics are that if a person comes up who has been infected with coronavirus, the application will notify this on the phones of all the people with whom the confirmed case had risky contact — more than 15 minutes less than one and a half meters away. distance-. Additionally, people who receive notification that they have been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 will never know who they are referring to; since the app is very respectful of the privacy of the users. The advantage is that with this information, people who have been exposed will be able to adopt prudent measures, maintain voluntary quarantine and notify health services. Another problem that the app faces is that the technology is blind.
It will notify COVID-19 exposures to close contacts that are closer than five feet. However, if distance and a mask were kept, the contact did not necessarily have to be risky. Read more: The contact C Level Contact List tracing app will not be "a turning point" in the fight against COVID-19 without a "solid" Public Health structure, according to experts The Government warned that the app, RadarCOVID, would be available throughout the national territory by the deadline of September 15. However, he also acknowledged that in the "most critical" autonomies the app could be launched sooner.
Although it was considered that the application could arrive on August 10 in the communities where more outbreaks of COVID-19 were being recorded, it was not finally until August 20 that this fact was known. The mayor of Malaga himself, Francisco de la Torre, warned late this Wednesday that the app would be available on Monday the 24th in the provinces of Malaga and Almería. The Government statement this Thursday extends this information to the fact that it will be for four communities and is already truly operational. However, other autonomies such as Madrid and Catalonia, where significant outbreaks are also being recorded, have not yet reached any agreement with the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health details in a statement that at this time "the rest of the communities have expressed their interest in adopting the tool and are carrying out the necessary technical work.