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2. GH Covid-19 Tracker App from Ghana
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3. CovidWatch from Stanford University
4. HaMagen from Israel Ministry of Health
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5. Corona DatenSpende from German Watch co.
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6. Covid Symptom Tracker from King’s College, London and others
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7. NHS Smart Phone App from NHS, UK
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8. Let’s Beat Covid-19 from MedShr , London
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9. PeduliLindungi from Indonesia
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10. Kwarantana Dommowa from Poland
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11. Arogya Setu from Government of India (GOI)
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The effectiveness of these tracking applications is still arguable compared to real time tracing and
physical tests. Efficient scientific evidence is missing and the existing studies show that regardless
of the usefulness and the acceptance of the contract tracing Apps , given the uncertainty of their
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committed use, policy-makers should be cautioned against overreliance on such Apps .
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6 A Smart Public Health Emergency Framework: the role of SSCs

The findings elucidated in the previous section synthesize a unified framework for public health
epidemic management. They involve public health stakeholders, including a leading working
group, a control centre team, data collection organizations (research labs and hospitals) and public
health organizations in other countries and/or WHO, who draft plans, collect and analyse data and
proceed with decision making over several measures. The framework addresses preparedness and
mitigation as short-term phases of the previously summarized disaster-resilience model (Figure 2).
Public health does not deal with policies that support the community’s adaptation to changes, which
are brought on by an epidemic. Adaptation is highly related to the community’s resilience, and in
this regard the community’s preparedness with training, economic and social support measures

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c https:// www .tracetogether .gov .sg/ .
d https:// www .moc .gov .gh/ launch -gh -covid -19 -tracker -app.
e https:// www .wehealth .org/ arizona.
f https:// govextra .gov .il/ ministry -of -health/ hamagen -app/ download -en/ .
https:// corona -datenspende .de/ .
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h https:// covid .joinzoe .com/ us -2.
i https:// www .nhs .uk/ nhs -services/ online -services/ nhs -app/ .
j https:// letsbeatcovid .net/ .
https:// pedulilindungi .id/ .
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l https:// www .gov .pl/ web/ koronawirus/ kwarantanna -domowa.
m https:// www .mygov .in/ aarogya -Setu -app/ .

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