ITB AMARI Team Monitors Transmission Risks of COVID-19 in Campus
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id – Institut Teknologi Bandung was reopened for its usual academic activities. To monitor the risks of COVID-19 infection, ITB created the AMARI application to be used on campus.
In 2021, the ITB AMARI team conducted several preventions in COVID-19 transmission across campus. Efforts include innovations in telemedicine (collaboration with UNPAD), telecommunications, and self-questionnaires to record respondents’ current health conditions.
“From those three, I was tasked to perform spatial analysis from the collected data of the self-questionnaires. The questionnaire itself became one of the requirements to enter ITB premises,” Teguh, a member of the AMARI team, stated.
Results of the analysis were set as the standard by the management to observe campus activities that directly implemented restriction regulations, one of which is controlling the number of people in the same building.
ITB’s AMARI application provides reports about the activity status in each building and estimates the risk level of COVID-19 transmission. Furthermore, the data recorded is valuable for creating and renewing policies concerning the effectiveness of the issued regulations.
Teguh added that the same procedures will still be enforced in 2022 despite few adjustments. Although the vaccination programs are available and organized smoothly, the pandemic is yet to be over and has a high chance of circulating again. Thus, the health protocols of COVID-19 must still be obeyed, especially during current hybrid classes.
“If the pandemic is still ongoing, we hope that no clustering happens in ITB. We must stay cautious and update our wellbeing with the AMARI application. Moreover, the AMARI team’s work performance is constantly adapting to the present COVID-19 situation,” Pak Teguh stated.
Reporter: Dheamyra Aysha Ihsanti (Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota, 2019)
Translator: Ruth Nathania (Teknik Lingkungan, 2019)
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