Recovery, Renewal, Resilience

Lessons for Resilience

Consider how to develop successful contact tracing and epidemiological investigations
Topic:
Health
Keywords:
Health systems
Content:

In Korea, the COVID-19 Data Platform is:

Designed to:

  • Support epidemiological analysts to quickly identify the transmission routes and places that an infected person has visited
  • Use real-time analysis of data through location tracking, card transactions, and CCTV recordings for accurate tracing of routes and places

The process of using the app is:

  • Citizens voluntarily record their whereabouts on their smartphones using Google Timeline
  • The 'My Timeline' function on the Google Maps automatically records the users location and routes
  • Data on Google Timeline can be captured as screenshots and shared with epidemiological investigators, who will use the data to trace contacts

The platform supports health officials to:

  • Confirm the interview results of patient transmission routes with data on the system
  • Allow big data analysis from real-time data feeds on COVID-19 patients, including their whereabouts and the time spent on each location
  • Use these multiple data points to detect incidents of cluster infection and transmission sources for prompt
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