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With an eye to the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic, Albany Airport has started experimenting with the “Wellness Trace App” to monitor the cleanliness of surfaces and objects inside the airport.
The app, developed by General Electric Co. (GE) in collaboration with TE-FOOD and Eurofins, aims to provide a safe travel experience during and after the coronavirus pandemic. It is built using Microsoft Azure enterprise blockchain.
The app aims to provide travelers with information on cleaning surfaces before travelers touch them in real time. Travelers will be able to collect this information by scanning the QR code stickers scattered in and around the airport using their phones.
The application also offers travelers the opportunity to express their personal observations on the cleanliness of a particular surface.
According to Albany Airport, the experiment will last three months, as airport employees will use the app to monitor cleaning protocols for key areas and objects in and around the airport. More than 45 QR barcode stickers have been applied in regions and on objects around the airport.
Albany County Airport Authority CEO Philip Calderone said, “Using GE’s advanced Wellness Trace App is an important first step in our joint efforts to integrate new digital solutions to create safer travel in a post-world. pandemic”.
Other governments around the world have also turned to blockchain technology to help fight the virus.
In Singapore, a city-state that has largely managed to contain the outbreak, government-owned investment firm SGInnovate and Singaporean startup Accredify have jointly developed a new blockchain-based digital health passport.
Additionally, Singaporean firm Perlin has developed a blockchain-based mobile app called “ICC AOKpass”, which allows users to instantly verify their COVID-19 status.
