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Covi-ID
A group of South African academics, students, entrepreneurs, and privacy activists
Category
Contact tracing
Country
South Africa, Africa
Description
Covi-ID helps to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It helps to track down those who had made contact with people infected with the coronavirus. Users can sign up for a free web application on which they are asked to enter their COVID-19 status. They are then assigned a QR code, either on their smartphones for the majority of South Africans who do not own a smartphone printed on paper. The QR code is the heart of the app: "When you go to work in the morning, the QR code can be scanned as soon as you get on the bus, or by a security guard, or in the supermarket