COVID Hotspot Alert System using Geo-Fencing Technique

ABSTRACT

Covid-19 is an extremely communicable disease. It becomes extremely hard to control once it begins to spread. One of the most important and effective steps to break the chain and keep healthy people from getting infected is social isolation/distancing. When an infected person comes into contact with a healthy person, that person becomes infected as well, and the chain reaction continues. To curb this, COVID alert system using geo-fencing is developed. This system uses a GPS module to create a Geo Fence around the infected area and the healthy area. The live/current GPS location/coordinate is compared with the hotspot co-ordinates. The GSM module with Sim800L will send an alert to healthy people when they come into contact with virus-infected areas. The device comes with a GPS, GSM module with Sim800L and an OLED which displays the alert message. The device can be fit into any public or private transport, so that the healthy person will be prevented from entering the hotspot zones unnecessarily, thereby blocking the virus spread. © 2022 IEEE.