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ICT Based Self-Risk Assessment Platform for COVID-19

Grant number: RF-TAA-2020-D07

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2021

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $415,650.6

  • Funder

    RIGHT Foundation

  • Principal Investigator

    Hun Seok Ko

  • Research Location

    41

  • Lead Research Institution

    KT Corporation

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease transmission dynamics

  • Special Interest Tags

    Digital HealthInnovation

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Development of a contact tracing phone application that assists assessing the risk level of infection based on an individual's past proximity to virus location (contaminated area or persons). The study has tested the practicality of using mobile GPS data combined with symptoms of the individual to estimate personal infection risk.