Over the last few days, India has seen an increase in COVID19 cases, and the scenario is similar in Maharashtra, where the number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai and other cities has gone up. While many across the world are working towards finding a solution to tackle the current outbreak, IIT-Bombay, in a recently released announced has said that a team at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) has developed 'CORONTINE' - an app that can be used to trace coronavirus carriers.
Officials have mentioned that the respective authorities can use the app for contact tracking. The Director of IIT-Bombay took the official Facebook page to announce the same, with a message that read, "CORONTINE is flexible, comprehensive, scalable and ready-to-use. The CORONTINE platform and app can be helpful to authorities to register the asymptomatic carriers and track them to check if they confine to their quarantined zones."
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The team which has developed the app includes professionals and experienced alumni of the prestigious institution. Developers of the app state that the aim behind CORONTINE was to ensure we 'Protect ourselves, our loved ones and our community.' In the current stage, one can volunteer themselves to be tracked for beta testing of the platform.