New Innovative Monitoring App "STOP COVID" by Austrian NGO NOVID20 Launched in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia and VIENNA, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The application was developed by the Austrian NGO NOVID20 in cooperation with the highly innovative Austrian software company Dolphin Technologies, and is now to be made available pro bono and license-free to all governments worldwide by Rocket Media Communications. The NOVID20 app works with state-of-the-art technology, including Bluetooth, for highest accuracy, in contrast to tracking based on telecommunication data. In compliance with the strictest data protection guidelines and on a completely anonymous basis, millions of infections can be averted.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended more stringent measures against the pandemic: "To win we need to attack the virus with aggressive and target tactics testing every suspected case isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing and quarantining every close contact." - World Health Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The key strategy in defeating the outbreak of this profound global impact has been to isolate every known infected person and commit people to stay at home. But exceptions for shopping for food and medical supplies, as well as getting medical treatments, are necessary. Also, for many people working from home is not an option, and many asymptomatic people may be spreading the virus without realizing it.

Until recently, governments had to rely on the memory of infected persons to identify people at risk of infection. To be able to inform possibly infected contacts immediately, it is crucial to know the movements of those diagnosed with COVID-19 during the critical periods of incubation.

The NOVID20 app enables users to know if they have been in contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19. Bluetooth, GPS, and other technologies are being used to determine which smartphones have been in close proximity to each other, which the system recognizes as a "contact." When two devices meet, they store each other's ID and the date, time, and location of that interaction. If a user tests positive, the system warns all their "contacts" that they are at risk of contracting and spreading the virus. Governmental guidelines are then provided, according to each country.