Requirements, Politics, or Individualism: What Drives the Success of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps?
Muneera Bano, Didar Zowghi, Chetan Arora
Abstract
The year 2020 brought us the global pandemic of COVID-19, which is not just a health crisis but a disruption to the fabric of society around the world. With no vaccine yet approved, other measures have been taken all over the world related to lockdowns, social distancing, and contact tracing to quarantine the infected individuals and suppress community transmission. The numerous challenges presented by this novel coronavirus, such as the incubation period, various symptoms, and asymptomatic superspreaders, have exacerbated the challenges of manual contact tracing.
Topics & Concepts
Contact tracingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Social distanceQuarantinePoliticsPandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBeaconPolitical scienceIndividualismDistancingPublic relationsInternet privacyComputer securityVirologyComputer scienceMedicineLawTelecommunicationsInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyOutbreakCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionMobile Health and mHealth Applications