Students lead the way on State of Michigan web application to curb the spread of COVID-19

A team of students at the College of Engineering have developed an online tool called “MI Symptoms” to help Michigan residents track potential COVID-19 symptoms, enabling state officials and employers to make the right call about reopening workplaces during the pandemic. 

Among the web application’s key audiences are employers who will need to make sure they’re correctly following state guidelines as businesses start to bring workers back to physical workplaces. It’s designed to give them a standardized means to determine that their employees are safe and healthy enough to return.

Now that the online tool has been rolled out in an official statement by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, it’s expected that a number of workplaces will begin requiring employees to sign in to MI Symptoms going forward. This means that the students’ product may soon be in the hands of every worker in the state.