By Eric Elezuo
A group, COVID TEST NIGERIA, has launched a web application, designed to help users diagnose symptoms of the COVID-19, and get advice of the next cause of action in total compliance with the international mitigation guidelines.
Furthermore, the application can virtually make recommendations for government official intervention after test/diagnosis, for users with high and extreme risk of the virus.
The web application was founded by prominent IT experts, Bukola Ogundipe and Joel Oyeyinka Popoola of the wave making Rate Your Leader App, which allows abuse free interaction between the electors and the elected. It is however, developed and designed by Asset Awards IT Team led by Ogundipe.
Both Popoola and Ogundipe are British citizens of Nigerian descent, and are based in the United Kingdom.
The application is set to be officially launched on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, and will be saddled with the responsibility of evaluating the feasibility of the platform as well as address whatever challenges that may arise. The primary objective of the novel technology is to checkmate the spread of the Coronavirus disease, which has killed close to a hundred thousand persons globally since its inception late December.
According to the co-founder, Mr. Popoola: “We will dynamically develop updates to ensure simplicity and user-friendliness in the first few weeks of the launch.”
Though built with facts from reputable sources including World Health Organisation, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Centre for Disease Control and National Health Scheme, the application does not absorb anyone from following the NCDC, local, state or Federal governments’ guidelines.
The launch of the application, it is believed, will “significantly help the frontline medical staff to reduce the number of patients coming for symptoms diagnosis, it will also help the #NCDC to focus their limited resources on those that are at risk and need the resources the most.”
