A mobile app to track and monitor the status of Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) has been launched, the GDNonline's Raji Unnikrishnan reports.
The smartphone application BeAware Bahrain is the initiative of the Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA).
The app can be downloaded on iOS and Android through the e-government app store apps.bahrain.bh.
The national platform aims to monitor home-quarantined people, as part of efforts to combat Covid-19.
As announced earlier, it will provide users with Covid-19 updates within Bahrain, spread awareness of the location of active cases and maintain accurate figures from contact tracing data provided by the Health Ministry.
The application will also identify contact tracing cases and alert individuals in the event they approach an active case or a location where an active case has visited or passed by.
Information provided by the application will be confidential and protected to ensure the privacy of citizens and residents.
The free application was already provided to volunteers and quarantined cases to test its efficiency.
It will also feature latest local and global updates and preventive tips, in addition to alerts.
