BIOMETRAX App: Contactless Biometric Tracing Technology to help in COVID-19 Fight
In the battle against COVID-19, Casha, Inc. a software expert company stresses the importance of contactless biometric tracking technologies. While the Philippines looks to be on the brink of an unprecedented surge after a year of spikes in the country's ongoing COVID-19 tally.
With over 5,400 new cases, the daily positivity figure has risen to its highest level in seven months, reinforcing the need for an organized virus response method. Based on the experiences of other countries, research has shown that COVID-19 cases begin to noticeably drop upon vaccination reaching over 25% of a given population. So far, the country has deployed vaccines made by Sinovac (China) and AstraZeneca (UK), with other brands lined up for approval.
According to technology expert and app developer Architect Richelle Singson-Michael, however, the vaccine roll-out must be complemented with a secure, accurate – and most especially, centralized – data tracking technology. "The main issue is that our present contact tracing apps do not have a verifiable identity link to the individual registering. Since people voluntarily input the details, there is a strong possibility that many entries are inaccurate, incomplete, duplicated or downright fake, in order to quickly enter an establishment," she added. Moreover, in the event that someone tests positive, Architect Richelle likewise noted that “even though establishments are mandated to capture contact tracing info, it is still done manually, so the efforts are quite inefficient. Individuals enter tracing info repeatedly, establishments store data separately and there is no accurate centralized database that any system can automatically check against.”
In terms of tracing vaccination data, Architect Richelle believes that Biometric technologies are the ideal solution to the challenges of data inconsistency and integrity. “With a centralized Biometric database, it will be easier for the government to efficiently plan the vaccine rollout by accurately identifying individuals who have been tested or vaccinated,” she noted.
Architect Richelle is the CEO of Casha, Inc., an App Services firm that uses biometric technology in its different apps to make authentication simpler and more accurate. Casha Inc. is now pitching its BIOMETRAX software, which uses contactless biometric tracking technology, as a way to support and complement the government's contact tracing efforts.
Architect Richelle is the CEO of Casha, Inc., an App Services firm that uses biometric technology in its different apps to make authentication simpler and more accurate. Casha Inc. is now pitching its BIOMETRAX software, which uses contactless biometric tracking technology, as a way to support and complement the government's contact tracing efforts.
People may use their smartphones to record their fingerprints and facial data with BIOMETRAX, then it issues the user a unique cryptograph code, which has been designed to compress 250x more data than a QR code and is far more secure than an unencrypted QR Code.
The BIOMETRAX cryptograph stores the individual’s biometric data without needing internet connectivity and will serve as a Health Passport, making it easier to identify whether they have been vaccinated or not, whether they have previously contracted COVID-19, and other necessary information to assist in policy making and enforcement.
“With Biometric Tracing Technology like BIOMETRAX, we will be able to ensure that information for contact and vaccination tracing is always accurate, reliable, and never misused,” Architect Richelle emphasized. “Our technology is readily available and can easily help the country organize and centralize individual’s health data accurately. We can be an example to the world for a country that uses the latest technologies applied to health data management making our country safe and pandemic proof,” she concluded.
Furthermore, unlike QR Codes, the BIOMETRAX code can only be read by authorized individuals and, more importantly, can only be read if the owner of the Health Passport authorizes the reader with his/her biometrics. Thus, through this system, the user holds their own data and must always be present to verify their own data, minimizing any fraud or misidentification.
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