Spain go through a hard time in full pandemic due to COVID-19. The number of infected at this time is close to 95.000 people, an unthinkable figure back in February, the date on which the first death of a person with contagion was known.
The state of alarm began on Sunday, March 14, the confinement by millions of people will cause the peak to drop considerably in the coming weeks, a date estimated by experts in the field, who right now are living the case quite closely. for being expanded in all Spanish cities.
An app to combat COVID-19
The successful applications of South Korea and China have led to work on the development of an application to combat COVID-19. The app right now depends on it being launched by the Ministry or the relevant Authority, as the functional code is available on GitHub.
OpenCoronavirus is the «digital solution for monitoring, diagnosis and containment of SARS-CoV-2 infections«, This is how the project developers explain it. This will make it possible "to apply quarantine measures in a controlled manner in hot spots or spots, thus minimizing the general quarantine of the population, reducing the overload of health systems."
The app uses the same as the one launched by South Korea QR codes to identify the movements of citizens, if it is infected or maybe not, or even possible infection. It has nothing to do with the one launched by the Community of Madrid, it was an assistance application like the one launched by Barcelona a few weeks ago.
The authorities will have first-hand information about the spread of the coronavirus and know the status of each citizen. The security forces and bodies will have access to the same data, for this there will be a database of all the people affected by COVID.
For its operation, it is vital to carry out tests on citizens, it is also important that they have the application downloaded on their smartphone and indicate if they present the symptoms of the COVID-19 disease. There are quite a few factors for proper functioning, especially the response of the people.
Greater control of people in home isolation
The app will work in all cases, either to confirm that it has not tested positive and you can leave the home or if you become in isolation, in the latter case the recommendation is not to leave the house, since it is essential not to expand it later of the high numbers known so far.
Once this application is operational, if you wish, you can activate geolocation, allowing surveillance and compliance with isolation or quarantine. Information and location are two important points for knowing the contact with other people at that time.
Open Coronavirus will have 3 applications
- Citizens App: This will be used by the citizen for collaboration and control of the SARS-CoV-2 programming. The application will request a diagnostic test and see the results.
- Authorities App: The authorities will be able to read the citizen's identification using a QR code and monitor their mobility.
- Data control software in which health authorities can consult and detect SARS-CoV-2 movements.
My opinion
Due to the high number of inhabitants, there is no other option than to use an application to have an exhaustive control at all times, since it has worked in two other countries with a population greater than that of Spain. The only downside in this regard is that not many people will want to activate the "Geolocation" tab, but if you want to end this soon it is a step forward.
If the WHO supports this project, it is positive to provide information at all times from citizens, whether from one city or another. Spain is close to the figure for the United States, which is 100.000 infected, if we do not act quickly and quickly, that figure will continue to increase.
It is time to become aware of these hard times, moments in which there are many supporters from many people who make donations to toilets, right now the most unprotected after the affected people.