VALUE OF THE STUDY

As we are still going through this pandemic, which is the COVID-19, we are all still subjected to all the
health programs, initiatives and guidelines that our government have laid out for us to follow. An
example for this is contact tracing. This step plays a huge role especially when one is diagnosed as
positive to the said virus, it helps the medical staffs as well the local government unit in tracking as to
where this patient went and who are those people who he/she was able to be in contact with that might got
infected as well. This can help us in containing the virus. Now that our nation is slowly crawling back and
is adapting to the new normal, wherein establishments are slowly opening and is adjusting to the new
working environment that this new normal is providing for us. Workforces are slowly coming back,
which only means that the flow of our commuters will be back and will pile up. But the question is, are
the laid out protocols and guidelines such as he mandatory of wearing of masks and face shields, as well
as written reports such as surveys in every public transportation wherein you are to write down you
personal information on a sheet of paper as well as the monitored social distancing are effectively done?
Our application which is the Pay&Trace application aims to help our countrymen as well as our
government in a lot of ways such as contract tracing and cashless transactions. Our application generates
a qr-code wherein all your basic information are included, in this way, whenever you enter a public
transportation vehicle or even a public establishment such as malls, groceries and the likes, instead of
using the pen and paper that is provided you’ll just have to scan your code and your data will be
automatically recorded to the system. In this way, it is much faster, safer and it will lessen the human
contact that can greatly help in containing the virus. This application can also help in preventing cases
such as identity theft especially now that our individual identity is at risk whenever we jot down our
personal information on pieces of paper that are not really properly kept. We also included the payment
services or the “cashless payment system” were in you can pay your bills such as your transportation
fares, bills and the likes. In this way, it can significantly help us in adapting to the new normal in a much
more faster and safer way. We can assure you that our application is much safer option rather than those
pen and papers that are provided, your scanned information will be directly recorded in our system, no
one can open it unless it is needed for special contact tracing scenarios.