With an eye fixed in the direction of the quickly spreading coronavirus pandemic, Albany Airport has begun experimenting with the “Wellness Hint App” to trace the cleanliness of surfaces and objects contained in the airport.

The app, developed by Normal Electrical Co. (GE) in partnership with TE-FOOD and Eurofins, goals to offer a protected journey expertise throughout and after the coronavirus pandemic. It’s constructed utilizing the Microsoft Azure enterprise blockchain.

The app goals to offer vacationers with details about the cleanliness of surfaces previous to vacationers touching them in real-time. Vacationers will have the ability to collect this data by scanning QR code stickers scattered in and across the airport utilizing their telephones.

The applying additionally supplies vacationers the chance to precise their private observations concerning the cleanliness of a selected floor.

In keeping with Albany Airport, the experiment will final for 3 months, as airport staff will use the app to trace cleansing protocols for main areas and objects inside and across the airport. Greater than 45 QR barcode stickers have been positioned in areas and on objects across the airport.

CEO of the Albany County Airport Authority, Philip Calderone, said, “Using GE’s cutting-edge Wellness Hint App is a significant first step in our joint efforts to combine new digital options to create safer journey in a post-pandemic world.”

Different governments around the globe have additionally turned to blockchain tech to assist in combating the virus.

In Singapore, a city-state that has been largely profitable in containing the outbreak, the Authorities-owned funding agency SGInnovate and Singaporean startup Accredify have collectively developed a brand new blockchain-powered digital well being passport.

Moreover, the Singaporean agency Perlin has developed a blockchain-based cell app referred to as “ICC AOKpass”, which permits customers to confirm their COVID-19 standing immediately.