SARPPIC: Exploiting COVID-19 Contact Tracing Recommendation through Social Awareness.

ABSTRACT: Globally, the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is resulting in high fatality rates. Consequently, the prevention of further transmission is very vital. Until vaccines are widely available, the only available infection prevention methods include the following: contact tracing, case isolation and quarantine, social (physical) distancing, and hygiene measures (washing of hands with soap and water and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers). Contact tracing, which is key in preventing the spread of COVID-19, refers to the process of finding unreported people who maybe infected by using a verified case to trace back possible infections of contacts. Consequently, the wide and fast spread of COVID-19 requires computational approaches which utilize innovative algorithms that build

SUBMITTER: Asabere NY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7667519 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature