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Figure 9: Requirements for ICT implementations

Figure 9 shows that the proposed framework introduces the utilization of the existing SSC
infrastructure (IoT, networks, facilities, SSC platform, other dashboards and Apps) during a public
health emergency and complies with the reference framework of a smart city platform . The smart
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public health management framework does not introduce novel facilities or Apps, but it encourages
the integration of the SSC components under specific process flows, which interact with external
systems (national public health system; WHO’s etc.).

Moreover, the UML use-case diagram (Figure 6) clearly shows when mass surveillance with ICT
is triggered (step 2.2: secondary prevention) and when it ends (by the end of step 2.3: tertiary
prevention). Corresponding policy-making that adopts this introduced framework can prevent
communities from continuous mass surveillance from continuing to exist even after the end of a
pandemic or other public health emergency.

Interoperability (organizational, semantic and technological) among the SSC stakeholders via the
SSC platform needs to be established to support a city when it faces pandemics or other public
health crises. Moreover, the importance of city platforms is highlighted as the point to have a holistic
view, multi-domain integration and ecosystem orchestrator with an integrated city management
objective. The introduced framework should be identified as a basis for semantic interoperability.

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