CoronApp - Colombia | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

Mobile application to improve monitoring of public health risks associated to the CoronaVirus. People registered on the app can report their health status to aid in the localization of the Virus. Available in AppStore, PlayStore, and AppGallery.
Features:
•Daily health status report
•Access to news, official data, and heat maps
•Geolocation of contagion hotspots
•Geolocation for health centers
•Prevention recommendations
•Potential exposure alerts sent through SMS/push notifications •Identification of high traffic areas that can become infection hotspots. •Estimation of possible spread of COVID-19.
•Characterization of infected population.

Country

Colombia

Institution

Presidency Instituto Nacional de Salud (National Institute of Health) Agencia Nacional Digital (National Digital Agency)