Effective Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Using Mobile Phones: An Ethical Analysis of the Mandatory Use of the Aarogya Setu Application in India.
Camb Q Healthc Ethics
; 30(2): 262-271, 2021 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1149667
ABSTRACT
Several digital contact tracing smartphone applications have been developed worldwide in the effort to combat COVID-19 that warn users of potential exposure to infectious patients and generate big data that helps in early identification of hotspots, complementing the manual tracing operations. In most democracies, concerns over a breach in data privacy have resulted in severe opposition toward their mandatory adoption. This paper examines India as a noticeable exception, where the compulsory installation of such a government-backed application, the "Aarogya Setu" has been deemed mandatory in certain situations. We argue that the mandatory app requirement constitutes a legitimate public health intervention during a public health emergency.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Contact Tracing
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Privacy
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Mobile Applications
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Camb Q Healthc Ethics
Journal subject:
Ethics
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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