SoCo COVID-19 Employee Check – Mobile App

The County of Sonoma is committed to supporting the business community and to reopen its doors as quickly and safely as possible in the COVID-19 pandemic.

To support the ability of businesses to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus, the County with the help of the IT specialist Walter Helwich, has developed a number of tools and resources, including the mobile app for analyzing employee’s health, called SoCo COVID-19 Check.

About the COVID-19 Check Mobile Verification App

Helwich explains that SoCo COVID-19 Check is an app that helps Sonoma County employees and employers to prevent and mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Employees: Each day before starting work, employees can do a 30-second self-assessment for COVID-19-related symptoms and potential exposure to the virus.

Employer: Helwich indicates that the employer portion of the app asks employers to verify that employees do not have a temperature higher than 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit and that they wear appropriate face masks in accordance with the County Public Health Officer Health Orders.

Why is it important to communicate this information?

“Examining ourselves daily improves our ability to keep the community protected by reducing contact in the presence of symptoms,” says Walter Helwich. (You might be interested: Is it safe to use Zoom for individual or group video calls?)

All businesses must ensure that employees self-examine for their own symptoms, including taking their temperature, before reporting to their workplace. The SoCo COVID-19 Check app is a convenient tool for employees and businesses, sharing limited and accumulated data with the County to help those in charge of setting the rules see the prevalence of Coronavirus symptoms in our community. Alternative web platform or application is not required.

Download the mobile app

Walter Helwich points out that the mobile application will be available for iOS and Android devices, in English and Spanish.