COVID+
COVID+
1. Home Page
Upon opening the app, there is no need to create an account. This is decided based on how little privacy other Covid-19 tracking apps had.
Within this screen, all the important information will be displayed for quick updates. This includes:
- How many locations you have been exposed to
- Coronavirus Hotline
- Instructions if you have been tested positive
2. Search for Closest Testing Site
Using this functionality, users are able to filter through all the possible testing sites within Victoria, and find ones that are based in a postcode, have a specific word, have wheelchair access, or even a combination of words.
This was decided to be implemented because of the current situation where there is no other way to search for the closest testing site apart from a table of locations.
From here, the app will automatically show those testing site locations that match your search result. As shown in the example to the left, "Monash drive through" is a combination of "Monash" and "drive through".
Upon clicking a result, it will bring you to more information regarding that testing site location including, opening hours or if there are any special requirements to get tested at this site etc.
2.1 Search for Closest Testing Site (Continued)
4. Contact Journal
Everytime you check-in by scanning your personal lcoation, it will automatically store these locations locally on the users device under your UserID.
The movements that are stored within each phone will also be automatically deleted after 16 days.
As shown in the example to the left, if you have been exposed to a location, the exposure site will be displayed below the location you checked in at.
5. Exposure Site Map
We have also decided to add a map of all current active exposure sites that users can interactive with.
This functionality was decided due to the limited available map interface of exposure sites within Victoria, allowing users to identify those exposure sites closeby with ease.
*The exposure sites will be updated every hour from 9am - 11pm.
What if a person has been tested positive?
If a person has tested positive, health authorities would have obtained their personal journal of movements beforehand through the use of their UserID, and announcing a public health alert about their movements.
How would we be notified about a positive case?
We will update the app as soon as a public health alert has been announced. This will be done by sending a notification to notify all users about recent cases and movements to help identify and compare their movements.
How would we compare our locations we have been in with someone who has been tested positive?
Our app will automatically search through all the users' movements that are stored in a centralised database, and highlight a specific movement in red if it matches with the same suburb or location of a positive case movements.
What is the difference between pressing a button instead of scanning a QR code?
By pressing a button to scan your current location, our app will extract the current GPS coordinates and identify the location through performing reverse geocoding with longitude and latitude values.
The main benefit with this implementation is to increase the speed of checking-in by not waiting in line to scan a QR code, which in the end, creates clusters of groups. You are able to also check yourself into places where there are usually no QR codes, for example, your local park. This will hopefully help with identifying Covid-19 breakouts, which we are able to locate close-contacts more accurately.