| Literature DB >> 32693420 |
Tina Jahnel1,2, Sven Kernebeck3, Simone Böbel4, Benedikt Buchner5,6, Eva Grill7, Sebastian Hinck8, Robert Ranisch9, Dietrich Rothenbacher10, Benjamin Schüz6,11, Dagmar Starke12, Julian Wienert13,14, Hajo Zeeb6,13,15, Ansgar Gerhardus2,15,16.
Abstract
Contact tracing is currently one of the most effective measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to identify persons that would otherwise not be known or remembered and to keep the time delay when reporting an infection and when contacting people as short as possible, digital contact tracing using smartphones seems to be a reasonable measure additional to manual contact tracing. Although first modelling studies predicted a positive effect in terms of prompt contact tracing, no empirically reliable data are as yet available, neither on the population-wide benefit nor on the potential risks of contact tracing apps. Risk-benefit assessment of such an app includes investigating whether such an app fulfils its purpose, as also research on the effectiveness, risks and side effects, and implementation processes (e. g. planning and inclusion of different participants). The aim of this article was to give an overview of possible public health benefits as well as technical, social, legal and ethical aspects of a contact-tracing app in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, conditions for the widest possible use of the app are presented. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32693420 PMCID: PMC7536383 DOI: 10.1055/a-1195-2474
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gesundheitswesen ISSN: 0941-3790