New Coronavirus Moves to use apps, etc. to record action history in Europe and the United States

New Coronavirus Moves to use apps to record behavior history in Europe and the US April 10 7:04

To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, smartphone apps that record behavioral history and Internet sites that indicate areas with infected or suspected infections are widely used in Europe, the United States, and Asian countries. .

In the UK

"COVID SymptomTracker", developed mainly by King's College, University of London in the UK, is an application to check the spread of infection in the UK, and more than 2.1 million people have registered so far.

Users first register their gender, date of birth, height, weight, and home zip code. After that, every day we will answer a simple questionnaire asking if you have a fever or malaise, or if you have been tested for the new coronavirus.

The collected data can be analyzed jointly by universities and governmental research institutes to see on maps where the infection has spread.

In addition, research is underway to use the data to understand the actual state of the virus, and it has been analyzed that infection with the virus often causes symptoms that the smell and taste disappear rather than fever.

In the United States

In the United States, attention has been focused on using a smartphone app and a dedicated thermometer to examine people with fever symptoms to quickly understand the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

ＩＴHealth Weather, a website launched by U.S. IT venture company Kinsa and Oregon State University, uses more than 1 million people in the U.S. using apps developed by Kinsa and a dedicated thermometer. Collecting body temperature.
It was started as a study to detect the spread of influenza, but it has attracted attention because it may be able to quickly identify the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
The website allows you to see, for example, the percentage of people with a body temperature higher than normal for each county in all states.
In New York State, the country with the highest number of infected people, there was a tendency for more people to have fever than normal in early March, and in Florida, where the number of patients is rapidly increasing, it is about one week behind New York State You can see that the percentage of people with fever is increasing.
`` The new coronavirus is often unknown, and its association with body temperature has not been scientifically proven, but health officials warned of this temperature data early warning, It can be used as a signature of ".

ＣＯ On the website "COVIDNEAR YOU" operated by Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital in the United States, anyone can check on the map which region in the United States is affected by the new coronavirus.
After entering their age and zip code, the user reports whether they have symptoms such as coughs and fever, and if they have been tested for the new coronavirus and reports the results.
The collected data is shown on a Google Map operated by a major IT company, Google, so that it is possible to find out if there is an infected or suspected infected person in each area with the same zip code.

ア プ リ The application "Safe Pass" developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States means "safe way" in Japanese.
If a user's actions during the last four weeks are recorded and confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, they can provide their health history to the health authorities through the app, and the authorities will remove any information that could lead to personal identification. Publish the action history.
If other users are likely to be in close contact with the infected person in the past, they will be notified through the app.
On the other hand, infected people need to agree to provide action history to health authorities, and if the number of infected people increases, there is also a problem that the tracking of the authorities can not catch up and the information update in the application will be delayed .

In China

In China, various measures are being taken to control the spread of the new coronavirus using IT.

Of these, the three major telecommunications companies provide services that allow users to check their activity history based on smartphone radio wave information.
If you hold your smartphone over a QR code posted at an office building or at the entrance of a restaurant, the name of the city you visited in the past 14 days is displayed, and you can check whether you are in an area where infection has spread I can do it.
In addition, a system called “health code” that certifies one's own health condition has been introduced in various places.
It evaluates the risk of transmission of the new coronavirus.When applying through a dedicated application, it is checked against the authorities' database and the risk is determined based on information such as whether the person has been infected before and whether his family has been infected. It is divided into three stages of "red", "yellow" and "green" in descending order.
Then, when you get on a bus or enter a building, hold your smartphone over the QR code to display the risk of infection for that person.

In Korea

In Korea, a site called "Corona Map" that allows you to check the behavior history of people infected with the new coronavirus on a map is widely used.
Developed by college students, based on government announcements, etc.
▼ Red, where infected people stayed within 24 hours
▼ The place where you stayed within 4 days is marked with a yellow mark, etc., so that the user can check whether there is a possibility that he or she was in close contact.
In addition, the South Korean government uses an app called “Self-Isolated Person Security” to track the status of people who have been quarantined at home, for example, by contacting infected people.
Through the application, you can enter your health status, such as if there is no fever of 37 degrees 5 minutes or more, and you can check if you are staying at home with GPS location information.
However, according to Korean media, there are cases where smartphones are left at home while leaving home, and there are calls for new measures.
In Korea, the use of apps is also increasing, and a private app called "Neighbor Map" provides a service that shows the stock of masks for each pharmacy on a map.

In Singapore

The Singapore government has started developing a free app last month to identify those who have come into close contact with the new coronavirus, and it has already exceeded one million users.
This app, named "TraceTogether", can be used simply by downloading it to your smartphone and registering your phone number.
If the user of the same application is within 30 minutes within a radius of 2 meters, it will be detected by Bluetooth over short-range communication and recorded as a possible dense contact.
Then, if a user confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus agrees to provide the action history recorded in the application, a government official will contact those who may have close contact by telephone. is.
The in-app activity history is stored for 21 days, and older information is automatically deleted.