ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information Technology has developed an application “COVID-19 Gov PK” in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
According a government official, the app, accessible at both iOS and Android stores, was prepared by the National Information Technology Board (NITB).
The official further said that the application will give awareness to people about all the actions to be taken for the avoidance of coronavirus hazard.
The app initially contained four major different features such as dashboard, giving that the current status of COVID-19; alarms, reminding to maintain personal hygiene; a chatbot for awareness and the World Health Organization (WHO) video tutorials.
The official further added one of the major features of the application is Radius Alert, is currently under trial and after completion, it will give people with an opportunity to track coronavirus patients in a certain radius, thus allowing them to maintain a safe distance.
He said the feature will be launched within one week in Pakistan. Earlier, Federal Minister of Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry has said that the ministry is considering crucial measures to curb Coronavirus outbreak in the country.
2 initiatives of @MinistryofST are in final stages of approval 1)Corona Testing Kits (NUST) 2) Ventilators (PEC) this ll immensely bring down costs of –#WarAgainstCorona ,We have enhanced capacity of PCSIR production of hand sanitizers and health depts and banks are facilitated
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 29, 2020
The federal minister said that two key initiatives to curb coronavirus outbreak are in the final phase for the approval.
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