Digital Contact Tracing Against COVID-19 in Europe: Current Features and Ongoing Developments.

ABSTRACT: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a public health challenge of unprecedented scale. In the midst of the first wave of the pandemic, governments worldwide introduced digital contact tracing systems as part of a strategy to contain the spread of the virus. In Europe, after intense discussion about privacy-related risks involving policymakers, technology experts, information technology companies, and-albeit to a limited extent-the public at large, technical protocols were created to support the development of privacy-compatible proximity tracing apps. However, as the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 sweeps the continent, digital contact tracing in Europe is evolving in terms of both technological and governance features. To enable policymakers to harness the full potential of digital health tools against S

SUBMITTER: Blasimme A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8521942 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature