Health Ministry introduces an App that Helps You Keep Track of Your Health

by Zulfick Farzan 02-08-2021 | 6:28 PM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka introduced a new app that Helps You Keep Track of Your Health and Detect some of the Early Symptoms of COVID-19.

In Addition to General COVID related Symptoms, this App can Keep Track of your Lung Health by Detecting Changes in your Breathing Sounds – Potentially Identifying Complications Early.

However, the App Does Not Diagnose COVID-19 But Helps You Decide When to Contact a Doctor.

The app ‘Self Shield’ is the flagship digital response to COVID-19 by the Commonwealth Centre for

Digital Health (CWCDH) and is supported by the Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka ( HISSL).

The App has been made available free of charge for self-health checking via popular mobile app stores.

More details about the app: https://sshield.org/ or Access leaflet here : https://sshield.org/Self-Shield-app-a-multi-purpose-COVID-19-response-system.pdf