4) Geofencing

Question 1

What is Incubation period ?

Answer 1

Max time by which a virus shows its symptoms in human body (for Corona it is 14 days)

Question 2

Now what is Geofencing ?

Answer 2

It is a method of creating a virtual boundary around a patient who has been asked to stay under quarantine

Question 3

What happens if he crossed the boundary ?

Answer 3

Automatic message gets delivered to the concerned authorities

Question 4

So what is the govt doing in this regard ?

Answer 4

They have tested an application that triggers emails and SMS alerts to an unauthorised govt agency

Question 5

What are the States roles in this ?

Answer 5

They have been asked to seek the approval of Home Secretaries under provisions of Telegraph Act of 1885

Question 6

Features of Geofencing ?

Answer 6

1) Uses GPS, RFID, Wifi or cellular data to trigger a preprogrammed action when a mobile device or RFID tag enters or exits a virtual boundary setup around a location known as Geofence
2) It is accurate upto 300m
3) The virtual boundary has to be established by an administrator using GPS or RFID enabled software