Celsius Tracker: A Mobile Application to Ease Movement Control Order Procedure During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Since the worldwide emergence of Covid-19 pandemic, several rules are imposed to curb its spreading. Logging visitor body temperatures before entering a premise is one of the rules enforced on every store in Malaysia. Following the rule requires a non-contact thermometer and a logbook prepared by storekeepers to record their customer body temperatures. For a large shopping mall where many small stores exist, the body temperature recording procedure is repeated at every store. For many customers, repetitive procedure could turn into a hassle, causing long waiting queues, and at the same time difficult for people with disabilities. Furthermore, maintaining this procedure adds additional tasks on the employed staffs for ensuring customers abide with the rule. The proposed mobile phone application is aimed towards improving the body temperature recording procedure by using QR code. The application consists of three main modules, by which a user can record body temperature and combined with the user's personal identification, it timestamps the information as a QR code. From the generated QR code, storekeepers could verify the information easily and if the scanner function is integrated with a fully-automated door access, an automatic entry can be enabled as well, which could help reducing the waiting queue at the store. From the users point of view, majority of them agree that the application is convenient and suitable for its purpose.