The problem and solution

What is COVID-19?

COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes are considered to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness. The disease is thought to spread mainly from person to person, primarily through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby. Spread is more likely when people are in close contact with one another (within 6 feet). It is also possible, though thought to be less likely, to contract COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching your own mouth, nose, or eyes. COVID-19 affects people in different ways. Infected people have had a wide range of symptoms reported – from mild symptoms to illness and in severe cases even death. Symptoms can appear 2-14 days after exposure and the most common symptoms include cough and shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. Symptoms can also include at least two of the following: fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell, and in some cases gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, loss of appetite, or vomiting.

How Ubsafe Can Help?

Currently there is no vaccine or treatment for COVID-19. The CDC recommends social distancing whenever possible and wearing masks in public. If you believe you are infected, stay home and quarantine, monitor symptoms and call your health care provider immediately if symptoms worsen, only leaving to seek medical care. To fight COVID-19, each of us has to do our part to protect each other. Tracing has also become a critical defense to slowing the spread of the disease and that is wear Ubsafe comes in! Contact-tracing aims to help health authorities trace paths of infection and notify users that they’ve been near a person infected by Covid-19.