earticle

영어

COVID-19 has affected the whole world with its highly contagious and deadly virus, causing numerous countries across the globe to lock down. Contact tracing of individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 has been seen as an effective method in handling the pandemic in countries such as New Zealand and South Korea. However, despite the Philippines having this system, its implementation is not entirely effective. This study aims to create an architecture using the Internet of Things (IoT) for an application that seeks to improve the contact tracing system of COVID-19 cases in Tacloban City, Philippines. This architecture incorporates Quick Response (QR) code registration, records of entry to Tacloban, records of entry and exit from establishments, and records of quarantined individuals. The proposed architecture in this study has an edge over the current system as it entails a more authentic transmission of data with regards to quarantined individual monitoring, a more legitimate process for QR code registration with the use of National ID, and a more centralized COVID-19 database. This architecture will be useful not only for the case of COVID-19 contact tracing, but also for other communicable diseases. Future research is needed for a simulation of the proposed architecture.