MIT awards coronavirus vaccine project
A group of scientists were recognized for their proposal for the use of DLT technology in creating a patch for Covid-19
A proposal from Mexico, consisting of the use of distributed accounting technology (DLT) for a possible coronavirus vaccine, was awarded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Mexicans José Antonio Feregrino, from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Tonatiuh Delgado, from the University of Guadalajara and the Peruvian doctor María Rosario, were chosen among the winners of the virtual hackathon MIT Challenge, Latin America vs Covid-19. The event took place between June 19 and 21 with the intention of finding possible applications in the short term for Latin America.
“The idea of this proposal is to have a perfectly designed plan for the distribution of the vaccine by the time it is discovered and not to waste time in getting it to everyone in a fair way, we seek to stop the pandemic and avoid wasting the vaccine” , indicated the development team.
Like most blockchain projects, “routine immunization” would be based on the use of QR codes that will be assigned within vaccines for monitoring. Such identification would be scanned by application users at each stage of the supply chain to its final destination.
The data will also be used to determine the temperature of the vaccine during its transfer, its geographical location and which institutions are receiving the medicine. The purpose of the hackathon was to generate new forms of medical care in a Covid-19 world or how to support marginalized communities facing the pandemic, for example.
K. Tovar
Source: agencies
