FINAL PREPARATIONS BEING DONE FOR ROLLOUT OF QUARANTINE BRACELETS

Report filed by Jamie J. Roacher – News Reporter

Work is now underway to program the bracelets health officials will use to monitor people on quarantine.

The devices use GPS technology to alert health officials when a person moves away from the designated area.

The Information Technology Ministry is responsible for the technical work needed to put the bracelets into operation.

The first batch of 200 devices arrived this week.

Coordinator of IT Implementation and Management with the Finance Ministry, Daniel Knight is attached to the Information Technology Ministry and is responsible for e-government.

He says they are hoping to get everything ready within the upcoming week and are working with health officials to determine an exact timeline for rollout.

Sim cards are being programmed into the devices to enable the GPS capability.

The bracelets are equipped with temperature and heart monitors so people will not have to manually send this vital information to the health officials.

They are also tamper-proof and will send alerts to officials if someone opens, cuts the strap, breaks or in any way damages the device.

FOOTAGE OF THE BRACELETS