$GTCH This first release will feature the ability to easily measure body temperature, blood oxygen level and heart rate - measurements indicative of COVID-19 infection. Rittman explained that this data, with consent from the user, can be aggregated and put toward a worldwide 'thermal map' to alert others about potential health risks.

"This data … will be fed through the medical app to a backend program, which is where we're going to do processing, analytics and with the user's permission, we'll keep their location in," he said. "It can still be anonymous but we'll be able to alert users about "hot zones" that have people with symptoms and that could be a health risk."