Jul 21, 2020 11:30:00

Two new coronavirus tracking apps will be open sourced

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Linux Foundation , a non-profit organization established to manage Linux , an open source OS, and aims to further develop by maintaining code and community for the long term, public health authorities around the world are infected with the new coronavirus Has announced the Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) initiative, an open source technology initiative that can help prevent COVID-19. With the launch of LFPH, two new coronavirus tracking apps have been open sourced.

Tech Leaders and Health Authorities from Around the Globe Collaborate to Combat COVID-19
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tech-leaders-and-health-authorities-from-around-the-globe-collaborate-to-combat-covid-19-301096039.html

Linux Foundation announces open source exposure notification apps initiative to combat COVID-19-TechRepublic
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-foundation-announces-open-source-exposure-notification-apps-initiative-to-combat-covid-19/

Ireland donates its COVID Tracker app to Linux Foundation
https://www.nearform.com/blog/ireland-donates-contact-tracing-app-to-linux-foundation/

LFPH is a COVID that uses the 'New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Contact Notification API' system jointly developed by Google and Apple immediately after its inception, with seven companies Cisco , doc.ai , Geometer, IBM , NearForm , Tencent, and VMware as premier members. -19 Focus on tracking applications and support testing, tracking and quarantine measures by public health authorities around the world.

The 'New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Contact Notification API' jointly developed by Google and Apple is explained in the following article.

``iOS 13.5'' released, Apple and Google's ``new coronavirus infectious disease contact notification API'' will be implemented-GIGAZINE

In addition, 'COVID Shield' developed by a volunteer team of e-commerce platform Shopify and software development company NearForm developed for the Irish government, and two published COVIDs called 'COVID Green' used by 30% of the Irish people. -19 Source code is publicly available following the support of LFPH for tracking application.

COVID Shield · GitHub
https://github.com/CovidShield

GitHub-covidgreen/covid-green-app
https://github.com/covidgreen/covid-green-app

COVID Shield and COVID Green are already ready for use and customization by public health authorities and IT partners, and will soon be used for LFPH-supported open source projects.

'Open source provides an architecture for global collaboration, builds and maintains critical components of a public health infrastructure under pressure, and ensures security,' said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation has a long-standing track record of cross-industry collaboration in more than a dozen disciplines over the years.' 'In this severe global crisis, the entire Linux Foundation community supports LFPH. I promise that.'