Mobile technologies for contact tracing and prevention of COVID-19 positive cases: a cross- sectional study

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to review the techniques for versatile advancements in contact tracing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive cases in this pandemic and to introduce the way of using the mobile location information collected within the country India. As the method, an exploratory review of current measures was conducted for confirmed COVID-19 contact tracing after understanding the current situation of the world. This paper has examined the way of using free locational information in an innovative way to reduce the spread of COVID-19 spread.

Design/methodology/approach

COVID-19 pandemic is the utmost global economic and health challenge of the century. One powerful and consistent procedure to slow down the spread and decrease the effect of COVID-19 is to track the essential and auxiliary contacts of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases by using contact-tracing innovation.

Findings

Although it takes the information from various clients, there are numerous odds in the information. The sincere measures were taken by the authors to avoid the abuse of information by any kind. A portion of the tips for keeping information from getting abused is on the whole, the information ought to be with just higher specialists, and they ought not to have the authorization to impart information to anybody.

Originality/value

This paper helps to track the COVID-19 positive cases as of now by using the field information assortment and outbreak examination stages. At the same time, mobile location information used inside the current guideline, rules for information handlers must incorporate measures to reduce the abusing of information.

Citation

S., P., Velan, B., S., C.N., F.V., J., P., V. and K., J. (2022), "Mobile technologies for contact tracing and prevention of COVID-19 positive cases: a cross- sectional study", International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 226-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPCC-07-2020-0086