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Social sciences
- Information law
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Medical and health sciences
- Epidemiology
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Engineering and technology
- Modelling and simulation
- Geospatial information systems
This project aims to develop and test a digital contact mapping tool
(the ‘COVered App’ to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of
the overarching contact tracing strategy in Flanders and Belgium.
The COVered app goes beyond Belgium's current approach by
combining GPS data, which records locations, with BLE technology
to map contacts. It allows exchange of care-related information
between eHealth and CoZo.be (Collaboratief Zorgplatform
/Collaborative Care Platform), including the national laboratory
results server. This project includes 3 work packages that will be
simultaneously executed: 1. Open beta testing in 20,000 residents of
Ghent to assess and optimise the app’s functionality and capability to
detect contacts, super spreading, and hotspots; 2. Legal and ethical
challenges to propose a new legal framework to answer health law,
ethical and privacy issues; 3. Privacy & information security to
determine requirements and create guidance for app development.
This grant will enable the COVered app to generate conclusive
scientific evidence about Belgian tools for digital contact mapping,
thereby providing a scientific basis for the Belgian government to
consider in the current and future pandemics.