COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control

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Autor(a) principal: Du, Li
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Raposo, Vera Lúcia, Wang, Meng
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106234
https://doi.org/10.2196/23194
Resumo: As the world struggles with the new COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing apps of various types have been adopted in many jurisdictions for combating the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, even if they are successful in containing the virus within national borders, these apps are becoming ineffective as international travel is gradually resumed. The problem rests in the plurality of apps and their inability to operate in a synchronized manner, as well as the absence of an international entity with the power to coordinate and analyze the information collected by the disparate apps. The risk of creating a useless Tower of Babel of COVID-19 contact tracing apps is very real, endangering global health. This paper analyzes legal barriers for realizing the interoperability of contact tracing apps and emphasizes the need for developing coordinated solutions to promote safe international travel and global pandemic control.
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spelling COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic ControlCOVID-19contact tracing appsprivacypublic healthglobal healthCOVID-19Contact TracingGlobal HealthHumansMobile ApplicationsSARS-CoV-2TravelInternational CooperationAs the world struggles with the new COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing apps of various types have been adopted in many jurisdictions for combating the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, even if they are successful in containing the virus within national borders, these apps are becoming ineffective as international travel is gradually resumed. The problem rests in the plurality of apps and their inability to operate in a synchronized manner, as well as the absence of an international entity with the power to coordinate and analyze the information collected by the disparate apps. The risk of creating a useless Tower of Babel of COVID-19 contact tracing apps is very real, endangering global health. This paper analyzes legal barriers for realizing the interoperability of contact tracing apps and emphasizes the need for developing coordinated solutions to promote safe international travel and global pandemic control.JMIR Publications Inc.2020-11-27info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/106234http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106234https://doi.org/10.2196/23194eng2291-5222Du, LiRaposo, Vera LúciaWang, Menginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-27T20:33:42Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/106234Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:22:43.266906Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
title COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
spellingShingle COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
Du, Li
COVID-19
contact tracing apps
privacy
public health
global health
COVID-19
Contact Tracing
Global Health
Humans
Mobile Applications
SARS-CoV-2
Travel
International Cooperation
title_short COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
title_full COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
title_fullStr COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
title_sort COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: A Technologic Tower of Babel and the Gap for International Pandemic Control
author Du, Li
author_facet Du, Li
Raposo, Vera Lúcia
Wang, Meng
author_role author
author2 Raposo, Vera Lúcia
Wang, Meng
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Du, Li
Raposo, Vera Lúcia
Wang, Meng
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
contact tracing apps
privacy
public health
global health
COVID-19
Contact Tracing
Global Health
Humans
Mobile Applications
SARS-CoV-2
Travel
International Cooperation
topic COVID-19
contact tracing apps
privacy
public health
global health
COVID-19
Contact Tracing
Global Health
Humans
Mobile Applications
SARS-CoV-2
Travel
International Cooperation
description As the world struggles with the new COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing apps of various types have been adopted in many jurisdictions for combating the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, even if they are successful in containing the virus within national borders, these apps are becoming ineffective as international travel is gradually resumed. The problem rests in the plurality of apps and their inability to operate in a synchronized manner, as well as the absence of an international entity with the power to coordinate and analyze the information collected by the disparate apps. The risk of creating a useless Tower of Babel of COVID-19 contact tracing apps is very real, endangering global health. This paper analyzes legal barriers for realizing the interoperability of contact tracing apps and emphasizes the need for developing coordinated solutions to promote safe international travel and global pandemic control.
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