बहुजन हिताय
बहुजन सुखाय
Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha (translates
to "for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many")[1] is a dictum
Context :
Taiwan's
New 'Electronic Fence' for Quarantines Leads Wave of Virus Monitoring
Extract :
Ø Taiwan, which has won global praise for its
effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based "electronic
fence" that uses location-tracking
to
ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes.
Ø Governments around
the world are combining
technology and human efforts
to enforce quarantines that require people who have been exposed to the virus
to stay in their homes, but Taiwan's system is believed to be the first to use mobile phone tracking for that purpose.
Ø The system monitors phone signals
to
alert police and local officials if those in home quarantine move away from
their address or turn off their phones. Jyan said authorities will contact or
visit those who trigger an alert within 15 minutes
Ø In Hong Kong, location-tracking
wristbands are
given to those put under quarantine.
Ø In Singapore, the government
uses text
messages to
contact people, who must click on a link to prove they are at home.
Ø Thailand has rolled out a mobile app that anyone
arriving at an airport must download to help monitor where they have been in
the event that they test positive for the virus.
Ø Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, this week also launched
a mobile
app to help track cases,
and it could be used to enforce quarantines.
Ø Other countries,
including South Korea
and Israel, are
using satellite-based
phone tracking
for so-called contact
tracing to
see where infected individuals might have passed SARS-CoV-2 to others.
Ø China has used a wide range of methods to monitor the health
and whereabouts
of people and
enforce restrictions on movement.
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Dear Dr HarshVardhanji,
In the list of the countries mentioned above, other
than China, all the rest are very small ( population-wise ) compared to India
For them, mobile-based tracking ( of quarantined
persons ), could be an appropriate technology
But , our problem is not so much about “ quarantining “
a few thousand citizen , after they test “ positive “ for Covid-19
Our problem
is :
To begin with, from among a huge
population ( of 1370 million persons ) , how to “
identify “ those one
percent ( 13.7 million ), who are running high temperature and need to be
tested, urgently ?
The only way :
Thermal Imaging software embedded
into roadside CCTV
cameras ( with Infrared Night Vision ) all over the
cities / towns ( or embedded into cameras mounted on Drones ) + embedded Facial
Recognition Software + Software to link each captured face with Aadhar Database
( photo + Biometric ) of all citizen
This combination of
hardware and software, will instantly “ identify / detect “any citizen
running a high temperature ( as soon as his face is visible on CCTV / Drone
based camera ) and
,
# Send him SMS on his mobile to go for VIRUS TEST at
the nearest test lab ( giving
address of that lab ). No need for any
separate “authorization “ from anyone . And
no payment of testing fees ( Govt to DBT
to private labs , upon uploading of TEST
RESULTS on Govt Health Portal )
# Send SMS to the concerned lab , giving full details
of the person
# Send SMS to all other concerned Government
Authorities / Health Portals
# Repeated “ face image capture “ by different
cameras at different times and
different locations, will track the
journey of such an individual . This path will show
up on the Dashboard of the CENTRAL CONTROL CENTRE for COVID [ 4C ]
[
source : My email of yesterday : Sankalp
– Sanyanm – Shastra ]
Dear Sir,
The required technology is available off-the-shelf
All that is needed is your GREEN SIGNAL to our
Scientists / Technocrats and those Private Sector Companies , which have been
installing road-side CCTV cameras for past decade
In an all out war , we cannot afford the luxury of inviting
tenders !
In this “Relay Race “, each player need not grasp the
baton and then ask of himself :
“ To run or not to run ? “
Any delay in implementing my suggestion and Covid-19
will outrun us !
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21 March 2020
hcp@RecruitGuru.com