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
Source link(s):
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Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of
https://extranet.who.int/goarn/flattening-curve-covid-19-how-korea-responded-pandemic-using-ict-information-communication