AlHosn tracing app to help UAE return to normalcy

AlHosn tracing app to help UAE return to normalcy

'Contact tracing happens only when the person tests positive, helps authorities monitor you and your contacts on a real-time basis'. Dr Walid Shaker, consultant of cardiac surgery, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, who also handles a number of Covid-19 emergency cases, said the app will limit the spread of the virus and is a practical way to help get back to normal life.". It has encrypted secure tracing identifier that is exchanged locally on devices of people in close proximity to another but for that you need to keep your Bluetooth on at all times," Dr Shaker said.. Highlighting another important aspect of the app, he said: "It can notify the authorities if a person who has been asked to isolate himself ventures out from his isolated area.. Dr Shaker said the app can also help healthcare workers in hospitals as they can direct the patient to either the Covid negative area or isolation areas.". When a person comes for any surgery or test, healthcare workers have to take a number of precautions as we don't know if he or she is Covid negative or positive.. And the health authorities will only need to access the contact data list of the