COVID-19: A mobility start-up in Assam develops a mobile app "STAY HOME"

Financial institution, North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) has extended venture funding to this group.

“We have developed a mobile app "STAY HOME" to track home quarantine people to reduce the spread of the COVID19 pandemic. After suspected/contacted tracing who are advised to take home quarantine by the authorities has to install this mobile app. The mobile app and real-time data analytics dashboard will help authorities to track down self-quarantine violations and take necessary action,” the company stated in a statement.

The company added, “research and data suggested that COVID19 spread can be reduced using social distancing, ensure suspected people to do self-quarantine at home and use best practices and reach out to helpline or doctors for any immediate help. We are trying to solve this challenge by a mobile app that is easy to use, massively scalable any part of India, real-time dashboard and giving big data analysis to help the authorities.”