Moscow authorities have promised to give smartphones to patients with coronavirus infection

Today the media reported the appearance of a new application “Social Monitoring” on Google Play. Now representatives

Moscow authorities explained why the application was needed, and also promised to issue smartphones to patients with coronavirus infection.

The head of the Moscow department of information technology, Eduard Lysenko, spoke about this. His words are quoted by RBC.

As Lysenko says, the Social Monitoring application will be used by people diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus infection, those who decided to stay at home for treatment.

If the patient does not have a personal smartphoneor he does not want to install the application on his device, the Moscow authorities will give him another device for the duration of quarantine. Upon completion, the device will need to be returned to the authorities.

The application will be available from April 2. Lysenko claims that the personal data of users will not be transmitted anywhere. Apparently, the authorities will simply track the sick.