This technology of Google and Apple is present in both Android and iPhone but Indian users cannot use it.
Google Apple Contact Tracing Covid 19
In this era of corona epidemic, it is most important that we avoid exposure to COVID-19 patients and reduce their contact. For this, Apple and Google have jointly developed a technology that can easily alert users about COVID-19 exposure along with contact trace. This exposure notification system API was developed by both these tech giant in June 2020. This app has done excellent work in United Kingdom (UK).
A report claimed that this contact tracing technology has saved the lives of 4,200 to 8,700 users in the United Kingdom. The sad thing is that India does not have such an app as the features are given in the UK app.
According to research conducted by researchers, COVID tracing technology is compatible with the NHS app and has saved thousands of lives in the UK. According to the report, it has saved the lives of 4,200 to 8,700 users. In this research, the researchers stated that, “Our analysis showed that a large number of COVID-19 cases were postponed by contact tracing through the NHS app on the basis of details ranging from about 100,000 to 900,000.”
This technology was launched in 2020
Contact tracing technology was launched in June 2020 by Google and Apple to allow health authorities to contact people who have been exposed to people suffering from COVID-19. Google has also expanded its blog post about how this exposure notification works. It states that, “Traditional methods of contact tracing are important to prevent infection from spreading. Technology can give this support to health workers so that they can easily give information about the users coming in contact with COVID-19. This starts with exposure notification on your smartphone. If you have been exposed to COVID-19, it will help the health workers to contact you.
Android and iPhone both have this feature
The exposure notification feature is available in the Settings menu on both Android and iPhone. However, when you turn it on in India, there is a notification on this that this feature is not available in your area because the health authorities have not made it available. In India we have the Arogya Setu App which is a contact tracing app but it is currently being used to book vaccination slots.
The Arogya Setu app does not have Google-Apple API and is not compatible for contact tracing. This is why users in India cannot turn it on in their phones. For this service of Google and Apple, the government will have to accept certain rules which are related to privacy.
COVID-19 Patients Find Address Through Bluetooth
This technology uses Bluetooth and performs contact tracing while Arogya Setu uses things like app location. Google and Apple are against collecting data and hence this API collects anonymous data and creates random ID which is used to find out about contact tracing.
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