---
title: "Poland Made an App to Make Sure Patients Stay in Quarantine"
description: "Poland released an app last week that requires people who are in quarantine to send selfies periodically, proving they're safe indoors."
date: "2020-03-23"
modified: "2020-03-23"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/poland-app-patients-quarantine"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "coronavirus"
  - "covid-19"
  - "poland"
  - "the digest"
  - "virus"
---

# Poland Made an App to Make Sure Patients Stay in Quarantine

![Poland released an app last week that requires people who are in quarantine to send selfies periodically, proving they're safe indoors.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/poland-selfie-app-patients-quarantine.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: AFP\</em\>*

## Home Quarantine

Poland released an app last week that requires people who have returned from traveling abroad to send selfies periodically, proving that they're safe indoors for the full mandatory 14-day quarantine, [according to *AFP*](<https://www.france24.com/en/20200320-selfie-app-to-keep-track-of-quarantined-poles>).

## Home Visit

If a selfie gets requested through the "Home Quarantine" app — the requests are randomly timed throughout the day — and 20 minutes elapse, the police are notified. Fines run anywhere between about $118 to $1,180 according to the local police force.

"People in quarantine have a choice: either receive unexpected visits from the police, or download this app," Karol Manys, Poland's digital ministry spokesman, told *AFP*.

The app itself uses geolocation and facial recognition tech to make sure that you're who you're supposed to be (you) and that you're where you're supposed to be (at home).

All schools in Poland are shut until Easter and borders have closed to foreigners. According to the latest numbers, Poland has had 684 confirmed cases and eight deaths at press time.

**READ MORE:** ['Selfie app' to keep track of quarantined Poles](<https://www.france24.com/en/20200320-selfie-app-to-keep-track-of-quarantined-poles>) \[*AFP*\]

**More on the outbreak:** *[Watch a Man Walk a Dog Using a Drone](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-man-walk-dog-using-drone>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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