Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, many applications have been developed to keep track of the pandemic. Students at the Ashoka Institute have invented a device that not only tracks the coronavirus positive patients but will also send an alarm to officers and police personnel as soon as they enter hotspots.
Through this device, called 'Smart Guard for COVID-19', patients with the coronavirus infection who are admitted in a hospital or a quarantine centre, can be monitored.
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The device was designed by Dhananjay Pandey, Nikhil Kesari and Mohammad Saif under the direction of Shyam Chaurasia of the Research and Development Department of the institute.
Chaurasia said, "This device can monitor the homes of positive patients. Many infected patients in the area sometimes carelessly try to get out of their house. In such a situation, there may be a risk of virus spread. But this device is capable of monitoring their movements instantly. Not only this, but the police personnel posted in the hotspot area will also be sent information about the quarantined patient."
"Applying this device in front of the patient's home, who is under quarantine, will also inform about the patient's activities," said Chaurasia.