by Gianluigi Perrone *
As is known, in Asia, starting with the very democratic Taiwan, the application that checks the health status of users with respect to Covid-19 was adopted from the very first epidemic signs. How does the application work in China we have already explained it in another post, but let’s do a little summary.
The application does not track the movements of the owner of the mobile phone, which is instead a function of the mobile phone itself, be it an old model or a smartphone. The application informs if the user has been in areas considered at risk, the so-called red zones, in the last 14 days (21 for Beijing). In this case an alarm sounds. To do the check you need to scan a QR-code which is located at the entrance of every commercial activity (in particular shopping centers). In the event that cases of infected persons have been found within the commercial activity (and therefore the check at the entrance has not been carried out), it will have to close for an indefinite period for health checks, as it presumably has become a potential outbreak.
This prompts managers to actually carry out these entry checks. Otherwise a commercial imbalance would be created between those who choose to carry out the checks and those who do not, since the activities that require the control would easily be disadvantaged compared to those who decide to avoid it, allowing entry to both green and red customers, bearing only the health risk but not the commercial one. This ensures that it is convenient for all parties to have control of the medical situation.