News: Union Minister has launched COVID BEEP app for COVID-19 patients.
Facts:
- COVID BEEP stands for Continuous Oxygenation & Vital Information Detection Biomed ECIL ESIC Pod.
- Purpose: It is India’s first indigenous, cost effective, wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for COVID-19 patients.
- Bodies Involved: It has been developed by ESIC Medical College Hyderabad in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and Department Of Atomic Energy.