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The French National Assembly approved the release of "StopCovid" on 27 May 2020 to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. StopCovid is a digital contact tracing app based on a bluetooth tracing protocol developed specially for the app. It was released on 2 June 2020. [152]
COVID-19 simulation models are mathematical infectious disease models for the spread of COVID-19. [1] The list should not be confused with COVID-19 apps used mainly for digital contact tracing. Note that some of the applications listed are website-only models or simulators, and some of those rely on (or use) real-time data from other sources.
Software for COVID-19 pandemic mitigation takes many forms. It includes mobile apps for contact tracing and notifications about infection risks, vaccine passports, software for enabling – or improving the effectiveness of – lockdowns and social distancing, Web software for the creation of related information services, and research and development software.
The goal is to stop the spread of a disease by finding and isolating cases. In public health, contact tracing is the process of identifying people who may have been exposed to an infected person ("contacts") and subsequent collection of further data to assess transmission. [1][2] By tracing the contacts of infected individuals, testing them for ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Steven Todd Kirsch is an American entrepreneur. He has started several companies and was one of two people who independently invented the first version of the optical mouse. Kirsch has been both a philanthropic supporter of medical research, and a promoter of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 surveillance involves monitoring the spread of the coronavirus disease in order to establish the patterns of disease progression. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends active surveillance, with focus of case finding, testing and contact tracing in all transmission scenarios. [1] COVID-19 surveillance is expected to monitor ...
It produces test results in 5 minutes using its ID NOW portable testing system. [1] It also received EUA for its m2000-based laboratory nucleic acid test for COVID-19. [2] In April 2020, Abbott received EUA for its ARCHITECT IgG laboratory antibody test for COVID-19. [3] Also in April, Abbott's ID NOW test was reported to have sensitivity of 85 ...
COVIDSafe [14] [15] was a digital contact tracing app released by the Australian Government on 26 April 2020 [16] [17] to help combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [18] The app was intended to augment traditional contact tracing by automatically tracking encounters between users and later allowing a state or territory health authority to warn a user they have come within 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 ...