Loxley opens virus platform

Loxley opens virus platform

Mr Vasant, right, and Mr Wang introduce the CareChek mobile platform that helps mitigate coronavirus contraction risk in organisations.
Mr Vasant, right, and Mr Wang introduce the CareChek mobile platform that helps mitigate coronavirus contraction risk in organisations.

Trading conglomerate Loxley Plc has unveiled "CareChek" mobile platform, aiming to help organisations mitigate coronavirus contraction risk among employees.

The company worked with K2 Venture Capital (K2VC) for the project. K2VC is a joint venture between Loxley IT arm Loxbit and TIH, a private equity firm.

"Since February, we experienced a lockdown and were concerned about our 8,000 employees who have to return to work at the front line, such as the airport, as it carries a high risk of infection," said Vasant Chatikavanij, director of Loxley.

To manage contraction risks among the workforce, CareChek ensures fast processing of infection risk assessment among workers.

The platform requires employees to self-report their health conditions, including symptoms, and open the location tracking system on their handsets.

The system draws in predictive analytics, big data, location tracking, demographic and medical research for risk scoring.

Interested businesses do not need their own computer servers to use the platform and can monitor employees' health risk on the screen via the cloud.

Mr Vasant said only authorised human resource staff would be able to identify the real names of employees in the system.

Following three months of testing, CareChek is ready to commercially serve corporations, particularly those that have many employees, multiple locations or a high density of workforce.

Target companies include banks and food production factories.

For non-profit organisations, the platform will be provided to them for free.

Korapat Arunanondchai, head of business development at K2VC, said the venture capital has invested in two fintech firms in Indonesia and Thailand.

CareChek not only has business potential in Thailand, but also in neighbouring countries, said Mr Korapat.

The system can be used for other diseases such as influenza, he said.

Loxley and K2VC also partnered with If You Can LLC, a marketing tools startup, to use the NotifyMe app to alert employees at high risk of infection as well as human resource staff.

K2VC managing director Stanley Wang said it is time for Thailand to open the country to help businesses, such as those in the tourism and hospitality sectors.

"It is necessary to open the country before more business operators have to shut down," he said.

"CareChek can help minimise risk and increase user confidence in safety."

According to Mr Wang, K2VC can also help convert text into data and analyse it, which could help businesses deal with the explosion of incoming data.

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