Even before symptoms start appearing, Chennai residents with COVID infection will be identified by this latest screening process!!
Posted on: 03/Sep/2021 9:34:55 AM
The Coronavirus pandemic has been devastating across the world and has resulted in a number of deaths. There is also a third Covid infection wave that is threatening to strike in the coming days.
It is now brought out that the public visiting Amma Maligai in Chennai would be screened using an advanced screening system called Viral Sign. The GCC has been introducing this advanced screening process in the public places in Chennai on pilot basis to identify those with Covid-19 infection.
An emergency service provider in Chennai is EMRC or Five Star Emergency Management and Research Centre. It is superb to note here that even before the Covid-19 symptoms start appearing in the person it would be possible to identify the person with the help of Viral Sign.
A comprehensive thermal signature of the face of the person would be captured and interpreted by this Viral Sign. By this, patterns consistent with presence of flu-like illness like Covid-19 infection etc could be identified. It is learnt that unlike thermal cameras or point thermometers etc Viral Sign does not rely on a single point or maximum temperature of the face. The three colours like green, orange and red would help in differentiating.
Point to be noted is that the green colour would reveal that the screen did not identify the presence of Coronavirus. The pre-symptomatic presence of the infection would be indicated by the orange colour. Red colour would indicate the pre-symptomatic as well as symptomatic (fever) presence of the infection. It was mentioned by Dr. Manish S. Namaware, DC Health, GCC that by this process it would be possible to eliminate false negatives.
After installation, critical analysis of the results and data would be done and it would be launched in other places in Chennai if usage helps reduce direct monitoring. This new method has got more than 96% accuracy and this was pointed out by a senior officer belonging to Five Star Emergency. He added that the new process would notify about the suspected risk in the individuals by visual and audio alerts. The AI or artificial intelligence in the Viral Sign would be generating the alert.
