'Crown Tracer BD' application to battle Covid-19

 

'Crown Tracer BD' application to battle Covid-19 

To contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh, has delivered a cell phone application (beta) for the residents of the nation, said an assertion. 

Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the State Minister, ICT Division officially revealed the "Crown Tracer BD" application on Thursday through an online video public interview. 

The application uses Bluetooth and the most recent innovation to tell 'At-Risk' clients by distinguishing the openness with a COVID-19 positive client. The information gathered is kept secure on the way by means of encryption. At the point when the two clients come quite close to one another, the clients' telephones will trade "Computerized Handshakes". The "Crown Tracer BD" application can be downloaded from the Play Store by clicking this connection: https://play.google.com/store/applications/details?id=com.shohoz.tracer 

The question and answer session was managed by N M Zeaul Alam, Senior Secretary, Ministry of ICT. Anir Chowdhury, Policy Adviser, a2i; Dr Abul Kalam Azad, Director General, DGHS; Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Director, IEDCR; Dr Abdul Mannan, Program Director, a2i; Sami Ahmed, IT-ITES Policy Advisor shared their assertions during the question and answer session. Senior authorities of the ICT Division, columnists, and individuals from the press were additionally present at the occasion. 

In his discourse as the Chief Guest, State Minister, ICT Division, Zunaid Ahmed Palak said that the public authority is attempted various tech-centered activities to handle different difficulties and assemble our ideal Digital Bangladesh according to the fantasy of the Hon'ble Prime Minister. The "Crown Tracer BD" application is one such activity which will assume a critical job in making sure about the lives and vocations of the individuals of this nation during a period of extraordinary need. 

He added the public authority has just applied innovation based answers for keep the areas, for example, agribusiness, training, medical services and crisis food supplies operational. This application can work as a significant piece of the arrangement against the COVID-19 pandemic. He encouraged the individuals of Bangladesh to approach against the ascent of COVID-19 by utilizing this application. 

Senior Secretary, N M Zeaul Alam said that, from its beginning, the ICT Division has consistently made the best use of innovation to handle different issues by banding together up with private-area associations in its excursion of bringing the fantasy of "Computerized Bangladesh" to the real world. "Crown Tracer BD" is the best illustration of a particularly open private association. 

Establishing Managing Director of Shohoz, Maliha Quadir, has said that if any client comes into the region of a COVID-19 positive client, inside a specific time and distance edge, the client is consequently made mindful of the likely danger and what they ought to do whenever uncovered.