IoT-Q-Band: A low cost internet of things based wearable band to detect and track absconding COVID-19 quarantine subjects

• Main Authors: Vibhutesh Singh, Himanshu Chandna, Ashish Kumar, Sujeet Kumar, Nidhi Upadhyay, Kumar Utkarsh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 2020-08-01
• Series: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things
• Subjects: wearable; quarantine band; coronavirus disease; ncov; covid-19; demonstration; internet of things; smart devices; experimentation; proof-of-concept; prototypes and demonstrators; embedded systems
• Online Access: https://eudl.eu/pdf/10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.163997

The world health organization (WHO) has declared the novel coronavirus disease (nCoV or COVID-19)outbreak a pandemic, and quarantines are playing a vital role in containing its spread. But globally, thedefections of the quarantined subjects are raising serious concerns. If COVID-19 positive, the abscondingquarantine subjects can infect more people, which makes the timely detection of them vital. As the literaturesuggests, a wearable makes a subject more compliant towards healthcare routines/restrictions; thus, in thiswork, we have designed an IoT based wearable quarantine band (IoT-Q-Band) to detect the absconding. Whiledesigning it, we kept in mind the cost, global supply chain disruption, and COVID-19 quarantine duration,which the WHO recommends. This wearable prototype, with the bundled mobile app, reports and tracks theabsconding quarantine subjects in real-time. IoT-Q-Band is an economical solution that could benefit lowincome regions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.