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Adoption of a Contact Tracing App for Containing COVID-19: A Health Belief Model Approach

2020; JMIR Publications; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2196/20572

2369-2960

Michel Walrave, Cato Waeterloos, Koen Ponnet,

Misinformation and Its Impacts

To track and reduce the spread of COVID-19, apps have been developed to identify contact with individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 and warn those who are at risk of having contracted the virus. However, the effectiveness of these apps depends highly on their uptake by the general population.