Post by account_disabled on Feb 22, 2024 2:09:52 GMT -5
RadarCOVID, the Government app to help track possible coronavirus infections, has been active in some autonomous communities for a month . However, there is still no data on how it is working and whether it is being useful in stopping the pandemic. In Andalusia, for example, the application technology was integrated into the regional health system on August 24. Almost a month later, it is not known how many codes health professionals have given to patients with a confirmed positive for COVID-19. The operation of the application is simple: with the platform activated, your mobile emits a series of encrypted keys via Bluetooth to communicate with nearby phones. In this way, it stores on your phone a history of people you have crossed paths with in recent days.
If one of these people notifies that they have been infected with coronavirus in the application, your mobile phone will send you an alert warning you that you have been exposed to possible contagion - as long as you maintain a distance of less than 1.5 meters and for more than 15 minutes of that person. Read more: RadarCOVID is already tracking contacts Lithuania Mobile Number List in Spain: this is how apps from 5 European countries have helped or failed in combating coronavirus outbreaks The purpose of the tool is to help trace contacts. It has been developed by Indra , which received the order for it for more than 300,000 euros from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. The Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence announced this Monday that there are only two communities left to be integrated into RadarCOVID technology: Catalonia and Ceuta.
In which autonomous communities is the RadarCOVID app active? Although the competent Secretary of State assures that there are only two communities left to be integrated into the application technology, the truth is that in some it is still not working correctly. In order for a patient to report that they have been infected with coronavirus in the application, it is necessary for health professionals to give them a code that the person will have to enter in the app. Madrid, for example, already has all RadarCOVID technology integrated into its health services. However, the Community has not yet explained to its staff how to deliver these codes to patients. The reason: the Díaz Ayuso Government began testing the app in areas of the region this month.