TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” business and leading tech developer, is pleased to announce that TraceSCAN Wearables, Facedrive Health’s COVID-19 contact tracing wearable solution announced ready for market on July 7, 2020, is now available on Microsoft App Store.
Facedrive’s TraceSCAN Wearables is a windows application that features Bluetooth wearable technology integration to enable contact tracing at workplaces across Ontario, such as sporting venues, corporate offices, healthcare and long-term care facilities and public outdoor sites. TraceSCAN Wearables is a viable alternative to “mobile only” contact tracing applications and especially valuable for workers whose cell phone usage is restricted, such as construction workers, healthcare professionals, farmers and other industry professionals.
The TraceSCAN Wearables application is available for download from the Microsoft Store by invite only. This app is part of the TraceSCAN Wearable technology package, which also includes wearables that will be distributed to each of the participating businesses to enhance workplace health and safety. TraceSCAN will work closely with participating businesses to enable and enhance pandemic management and mitigation policies in a highly customized manner. The TraceSCAN Wearables app will be used by participating businesses to assist with contact tracing efforts in the workplace as businesses reopen and people return to work. Contractual terms and conditions are being negotiated with partnering businesses, and will be disclosed once finalized.
“We are extremely excited to have TraceSCAN Wearables app be available on Microsoft Store and look forward to working with businesses across the country and internationally in adopting the wearable technology,” said Facedrive Chairman and CEO Sayan Navaratnam. “We believe that the TraceSCAN wearable technology will be a great addition to support the re-opening of the economy all which working alongside businesses to enhance our COVID-19 containment efforts in the workplace. As an ESG-focused “people-and-planet-first” platform, we are committed to having a meaningful positive impact on the lives and the health of our community,” added Navaratnam.
About Facedrive
Facedrive is a multi-faceted “people-and-planet first” platform offering socially-responsible services to local communities with a strong commitment to doing business fairly, equitably and sustainably. Facedrive Rideshare was the first to offer green transportation solutions in the TaaS space, planting thousands of trees and giving users a choice between electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles and conventional vehicles. Facedrive Marketplace offers curated merchandise created from sustainably sourced materials. Facedrive Foods offers contactless deliveries of healthy foods right to consumers’ doorsteps. Facedrive Health develops innovative technological solutions to the most acute health challenges of the day. Facedrive is changing the ridesharing, food delivery, e-commerce and health tech narratives for the better, for everyone. Facedrive is currently operational in the following cities and municipalities of Ontario: The Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, London, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Orillia and Ottawa.
For more about Facedrive, visit www.facedrive.com.
Facedrive Inc.
100 Consilium Pl, Unit 400, Scarborough, ON, Canada M1H 3E3Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this press release contains forward-looking information. This information is based on management’s reasonable assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to us and are made as of the date of this press release. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking information as a result of various factors. Information regarding our expectations of future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities or the markets in which we operate is forward-looking information. Statements containing forward-looking information are not facts but instead represent management’s expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events or circumstances. Many factors could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements or future events or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
See “Forward-Looking Information” and “Risk Factors” in Facedrive’s Filing Statement dated August 28, 2019 for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. Readers are urged to consider the uncertainties, risks and assumptions carefully in evaluating the forward-looking information and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information. We have no intention and undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities law.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.