Apps for COVID-19 contact-tracing: Too many questions and few answers

A Cioffi; C Lugi; C Cecannecchia

doi:10.1016/j.jemep.2020.100575

Apps for COVID-19 contact-tracing: Too many questions and few answers

Ethics Med Public Health. 2020 Oct-Dec:15:100575. doi: 10.1016/j.jemep.2020.100575. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

Authors

A Cioffi¹, C Lugi¹, C Cecannecchia¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 336, 00161, Rome, Italy.

Abstract
in English, French

Recently, for the second phase of prevention of the COVID-19 Pandemic, it is being assumed the use of an app for the prevention of infections COVID-19. The utility of these apps is not yet proven and the apps for COVID-19 contact-tracing probably cannot be used as a preventive tool until the bioethics and legal issues related to their use are resolved.

Récemment, pour la deuxième phase de la prévention de la pandémie de COVID-19, on suppose l’utilisation d’une application pour la prévention des infections COVID-19. L’utilité de ces applications n’est pas encore prouvée et les applications pour le suivi des contacts COVID-19 ne peuvent probablement pas être utilisées comme un outil préventif tant que les problèmes de bioéthique et juridiques liés à leur utilisation ne sont pas résolus.

Keywords: Apps; Bioethics; COVID-19; Contact tracing; Legal Medicine; Privacy.

Abstract in English, French

Abstract
in English, French