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Neighborhood-oriented follow-up of opening up sports fields and schools in Leiden, the COVID Radar in practice

  • Funded by Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
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Grant number: 1.043E+13

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2021

  • Funder

    Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)

  • Principal Investigator

    dr ME. Prof Numans

  • Research Location

    N/A

  • Lead Research Institution

    Leiden Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease surveillance & mapping

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The "Covid Radar" app was launched in April 2020 from the Leiden University Medical Center to collect large-scale data about health, symptoms and behavior related to COVID-19. Because this data has been collected repeatedly since the start of the outbreak, it can provide insight into whether there are early indications of a next Corona wave and provide support for regional health policy. Results Based on more than 285,000 unique users, it was seen that the trends in behavior and symptoms reported from the app are in line with the national trends reported by the RIVM. In addition, a clear and strong connection was found between symptoms and behavior and the number of cases with Covid-19 in the region, where this connection was already observed a week prior to a positive test result. Based on this, the Covid radar data is now updated weekly regional GGDs shared to further support health policy.