Lim Wei Jie, Abdul Ghani N M
Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan, Malaysia.
Health Technol (Berl). 2022;12(1):215-226. doi: 10.1007/s12553-021-00631-w. Epub 2022 Jan 10.
A mandatory self-quarantine is necessary for those who return from overseas or any red zone areas. It is important that the self-quarantine is conducted without the non-adherence issue occurring and causes the self-quarantine individual to be the carrier of the COVID-19 in the community. To navigate and resolve this issue, most countries have implemented a series of COVID-19 monitoring and tracing systems. However, there are some restrictions and limitation which can lead to intentional non-adherence. The quarantined individuals can still travel within the community by removing the wristband or simply providing an incorrect contact status in the tracing application. In this paper, a novel configuration for mandatory self-quarantine system is proposed. It will enable interaction between the wearable and contact tracing technologies to ensure that the authorities have total control of the system. The hardware of the proposed system in the wearable device is low in cost, lightweight and safe to use for the next user after the quarantine is completed. The software (software and database) that linked between the quarantine user and normal user utilizes edge artificial intelligence (AI) for reporting and flagging mechanisms.
对于从海外或任何高风险地区返回的人员，强制自我隔离是必要的。重要的是，自我隔离要顺利进行，不会出现不遵守规定的情况，导致自我隔离者成为社区中新冠病毒的传播者。为了应对和解决这个问题，大多数国家都实施了一系列新冠病毒监测和追踪系统。然而，存在一些限制因素可能导致故意不遵守规定。被隔离者仍可通过摘掉腕带或在追踪应用程序中提供错误的接触状态在社区内活动。本文提出了一种新型的强制自我隔离系统配置。它将实现可穿戴技术与接触追踪技术之间的交互，以确保当局能够完全掌控该系统。所提议系统中可穿戴设备的硬件成本低、重量轻，并且在隔离期结束后对下一位使用者来说使用安全。隔离用户与普通用户之间连接的软件（软件和数据库）利用边缘人工智能进行报告和标记机制。
