COVID19 Tracker - Application for Tracking Social Interaction in an Epidemic Scenario

  • Funded by Decanato de Pesquisa e Inovação - Universidade de Brasilia (DPI)
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Grant number: 1048422

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • start year

    -99
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $103,212.9
  • Funder

    Decanato de Pesquisa e Inovação - Universidade de Brasilia (DPI)
  • Principal Investigator

    Renato Alves Borges
  • Research Location

    Brazil
  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease transmission dynamics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

In the pandemic scenario with exponential growth of new infected people, the lack of effective methods to track infected people and thus promote more effective social distance hinders the process of containing a rapidly spreading virus. The main objective of this application is to offer society a simple way to confront the threat of COVID-19 through a solution that tracks the interaction between people. Such a solution will allow the citizen to quickly know whether he has come into contact with an infected person, and whether he knows him or not. It also allows authorities at the Ministry of Health and consequently other bodies, research institutes to have access to crucial data on traceability and behavior. Thus, acting actively in the mitigation of the contagion curve and reducing the citizens' anxiety created during the pandemic scenario. The proposed solution is versatile, allowing the integration of different functionalities according to the demand of healthcare professionals, and it will also be able to more precisely guide the testing actions, reducing associated costs. Yet,