COVID-19 Digital Rights Tracker: the latest contact tracing, digital tracking, physical surveillance and censorship measures

What will the first pandemic of the algorithmic age mean for data governance? Coronavirus is the first pandemic of ’the algorithmic age’ – which means advanced data analytics, algorithmic systems and machine learning are being deployed in connection with its detection, treatment and prevention. The spread of the virus is being dramatically altered by understandings of how data and AI can be used in public health and policy-making: from alerting authorities to the existence of a contagious virus in Wuhan, to the sequencing of the genetic code for the virus, data and AI are informing the development of diagnostic tools, vaccine projects and epidemiological modelling. Crowdsourced contact tracing and symptom tracking also have the potential to shape and target government responses.

Recovering from COVID-19: these are the risks to anticipate now - before it's too late

COVID-19 :Determinants of Hospitalization, ICU and Death among 20,293 reported cases in Portugal: Older age stands out as the strongest risk factor for all outcomes specially for death as absolute is risk was small for those younger than 50. These findings have implications in terms of risk stratified public health measures that should prioritize protecting older people. Epidemiologic scenarios and clinical guidelines may consider the estimated risks, even though under-ascertainment of mild and asymptomatic cases should be considered in different age groups.

Covid-19: the ethics of clinical research in quarantine: Key messages
Quarantine is the confinement of people who have been exposed to a disease to prevent them from spreading it further

It has been used and will likely be used again to respond to covid-19

As a closed system, quarantine offers the possibility for highly controlled research into the development and transmission of covid-19

But quarantine is an infringement on individual rights, and thus raises ethical concerns and requires compelling justification to be used

Vietnam: How this country of 95 million kept its coronavirus death toll at zero

Inquérito sobre alimentação e atividade física em contexto de contenção social: Este estudo da Direção-Geral da Saúde teve como objetivo conhecer os comportamentos alimentares e de atividade física dos portugueses em contexto de contenção social, para combate à pandemia da COVID-19.