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The NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app for England and Wales was released on 24 September 2020. The NHS app uses Google/Apple exposure notification technology. (The NHS previously tried a centralised system rather than a decentralised approach). Scotland and Northern Ireland contact tracing apps were launched in the weeks prior to England & Wales.
Digital contact tracing is a method of contact tracing relying on tracking systems, most often based on mobile devices, to determine contact between an infected patient and a user. [2] It came to public prominence in the form of COVID-19 apps during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Software for COVID-19 pandemic mitigation takes many forms. It includes mobile apps for contact tracing and notifications about infection risks, vaccine passports, software for enabling – or improving the effectiveness of – lockdowns and social distancing, Web software for the creation of related information services, and research and development software.
COVID-19 apps, including mobile-software applications on iOS and Android for digital contact-tracing: Aarogya Setu; BlueTrace; careFIJI; Coronavirus Australia; Corona-Warn-App [1] COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application; COVID Alert (Canada) [2] COVID AlertSA (South Africa) COVIDSafe; COVID Symptom Study; COVID Tracker Ireland; Covid Watch
The DP-3T SDK and calibration apps intend to support the Apple/Google API as soon as it is released to iOS and Android devices. [15] [16] On the 21 April 2020, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health announced that the Swiss national coronavirus contact tracing app will be based on DP-3T. [17]
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented period where contact tracing and public health efforts were put to the test. [32] Creative strategies were used to sustain public health efforts. [ 32 ] Non-health personnel and volunteers were used to meet the shortage of contact tracers. [ 32 ]
The app does not have any contact tracing functionality. [5] Based on the data inputted into the app, researchers estimated that when cases peaked on 1 April 2020, 2.1 million people in the UK aged between 20 and 69 may have had COVID-19, and that as of 23 May 2020, 280,000 people in that age range currently had symptoms consistent with COVID ...
NZ COVID Tracer is a mobile software application that enables a person to record places they have visited, in order to facilitate tracing who may have been in contact with a person infected with the COVID-19 virus. The app allows users to scan official QR codes at the premises of businesses and other organisations they visit, to create a ...