IIM Kozhikode girl develops COVID-19 website for emergency services

An international team led by an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode student has developed website 'COVID FYI' (covidfyi.in), a one-stop digital directory for all COVID-19 related services and help released by official sources. 

An international team led by an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode student has developed a website to provide all the information released by the official sources about the coronavirus in one place. 

The website 'COVID FYI' (covidfyi.in) is a one-stop digital directory for all COVID-19 related services and help released by official sources. 

The main aim of developing this website is to provide the right information from the right sources to the right people. Only official information from government organizations is put on this platform to ensure authenticity and credibility, a statement from IIM Kozhikode read.

It can be accessed by the citizens, government organizations and institutions alike. It provides information like - Authorised labs near you, Designated Hospitals, Grocery stores, Mental health, Emergency Helplines, Task Force team contact, Field Officers Contact, Emergency Doctors to call, Fever Clinics near you, etc. 

The additional features in the pipeline would enable the user to book appointments with doctors, schedule sample collections, find helpline for an emergency all while staying at home and maintaining social distancing, as advised, the statement added.

While applauding the efforts made by the team, Professor Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM, said: "This platform has not only successfully brought together multiple stakeholders but has also augmented efforts of good governance and implementation with the access to authenticated information in this age of misinformation and an hour of crisis,

The team consists of 16 members and was led by Post Graduate Programme student of IIMK -Simran Soni. It consists of researchers, medical students, and developers working from countries like Germany, USA with the support of many more volunteers who assist them in timely updating of COVID FYI. 

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