AUTOMATED COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING USING MOBILE APPLICATION

This automated mobile phone app would record the owner’s contact with other app users. If an app user is diagnosed with the virus, their recent contacts would receive messages advising them to isolate. It’s a strategy with obvious negative implications for people’s privacy, This application is nonetheless worth pursuing given the failure of current contact-tracing methods, the already widespread nature of the virus, and the fact that the app would be an optional measure that individuals could voluntarily choose to adopt. Through this application, majority of individuals will self-isolate on showing symptoms, and the majority of their contacts can be traced, this will stand a chance of stopping the epidemic.”