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Now A COVID Symptom Tracker App For U.S. Citizens

· COVID19Trackerapp

“Mobile app development is one of those trends that have always outshined the capabilities of any process. Now let us see how it is helping the U.S. citizens in times of global pandemic!”
 

In order to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, it is important to make extra efforts towards understanding it better. So if you want to make an effort and help in understanding and containing COVID-19 pandemic, then there is something that you can do on your own.
 

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If you are based in the United States then all you need to do is download a free iOS and Google Play app, which is called COVID Symptom Tracker.
 

What is COVID Symptom Tracker?

The application was developed in order to provide supplemental information, with the help of testing programs. It also provides details on other public measures about the outburst of coronavirus with the help of self-reported information by many individuals. The application originally created in partnership with Zoe, which is a food science startup. The app was first released in the U.K. With a quick one million downloads on its initial day, this app gained a lot of popularity.
 

The application includes a self-reporting quiz. The quiz takes a total time of one minute per day to complete the tasks. And to top it off, it also delivers an estimated picture of the potential spread in the locality that you are living in.
 

There are several unique and similar initiatives to make the most of self-reporting information. The information could be used as a signal to find the spread of the virus, in situations where there is an absence of accurate, proper, consistent, and plentiful testing kits. One similar high profile project was launched by the CEO of Pinterest and co-founder Ben Silbermann, earlier this month. The created project offered a self-reporting mechanism. It also provided information that was shared with several health organizations and research partners.
 

Applications like these are becoming very useful in helping the population to cope up with the challenges presented by the deadly disease COVID-19. App technology has always solved the basic problems of mankind, and in a situation like this, it is offering the world with some of the great alternatives to stay safe and contain the spread.
 

The application, COVID-19 Symptom Tracker has a great advantage of already having been used in the U.K. that too at a very large scale. As the data and information that it would gather, directly affects the study in progress, there is no doubt in the fact that it would be of great use. The study is led by King’s College epidemiologist Tim Spector, Harvard Medical School professor and infectious disease specialist Andrew Chan.
 

The complete research team dedicated to the goal of providing regular and accurate updates about their work on the project, with the help of a public blog.
 

The result that will come from the research with the help of data collected by application would definitely form a better understanding of symptoms of COVID-19. Take a look at the other few results that it would provide;
 

  • How the virus might cluster
  • How to identify the high-risk that is involved
  • How to find the high-spread areas
  • How to figure out the population that might be subjected to high risk in the future

The information shared by individuals is fully protected under GDPR. Special care is taken to strictly use the data only for nonprofit purposes, hence this move crosses out the involvement of any commercial purposes off the table. The group involved in the creation of the app makes sure that despite sharing the information broadly with medical researchers, it strips the information of any potential identity risk.
 

This is one of the most amazing apps that is doing a commendable job during the time of crisis. If you want to hire a mobile app development development company in USA, then feel free to reach out to us for more information, but until then stay tuned.