COVID-19 Tracker Without any APP

COVID-19 Tracker

COVID-19 is increasing at an alarming rate which makes it difficult to track and prevent the spread of the disease. As the old saying goes - " Prevention is better than cure", we must some how try to limit the spread of disease by creating awareness among the people.

Many companies have developed the COVID - 19 Tracker which involves the users to install an application which logs the patients information and alerts the user about a possible contact with the infected. The MAJOR DRAWBACK of this system is that the USER MUST INSTALL the APP which is difficult to acheive because of the population. Many people in rural areas may not have access to smartphones.

So the IDEA is to TRACK the disease WITHOUT any APP.

Basically to track the person with the Disease we need following information:

1) The patient's phone number - ITEM1

2) The patient's location from last 14 days - ITEM2

The first ITEM is rather simple. The phone number of the patient can be taken during testing. So ITEM1 accquired.

ITEM2 is little challenging. IDEA is to use the GSM NETWORK to track the location of the patient's phone from past 14 days.I think this is possible by using the mobile TOWERs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking). Just like GPS ( which invloves 3 satellites for location identification) , 3 Cell towers can be used for finding exact location( dont know if its possible, JUST A THOUGHT!).

Next Step after getting ITEM1 and ITEM2 is to alert other people of possible contact. This is done by getting information of other people's cell phone which was in SAME LOCATION and at SAME TIME. An SMS alert can be Sent to those possible contacts and they can get tested to make sure they are not infected. As its an SMS , NO SMARTPHONE or an APP is required!

This can be further applied to primary and secondary contacts also. Hence By Using GSM Network COVID-19 can be contained and spread can be reduced.

This is just an Idea and I am NOT sure of feasabilty of the IDEA. I believe any small idea can be helpful in this tough situation.

Thanks for Reading!!