Digital exposure notification tools: A global landscape analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, digital exposure notification systems are increasingly used to support traditional contact tracing and other preventive strategies. Likewise, a plethora of COVID-19 mobile applications have emerged. Objective: To characterize the global landscape of pandemic related mobile applications, including digital exposure notification and contact tracing tools.

Data sources and methods

The following queries were entered into the Google search engine: "(*country name* COVID app) OR (COVID app *country name*) OR (COVID app *country name*+) OR (*country name*+ COVID app)". The App Store, Google Play, and official government websites were then accessed to collect descriptive data for each application. Descriptive data were qualified and quan

SUBMITTER: Nebeker C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473497 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature