article on proper use of mobile phones in the COVID
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The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has heightened discussion of the use of mobile phone data in outbreak response. Mobile phone data have been proposed to monitor effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions, to assess potential drivers of spatiotemporal spread, and to support contact tracing efforts. While these data may be an important part of COVID-19 response, their use must be considered alongside a careful understanding of the behaviors and populations they capture. Here, we review the different applications for mobile phone data in guiding and evaluating COVID-19 response, the relevance of these applications for infectious disease transmission and control, and potential sources and implications of selection bias in mobile phone data. We also discuss best practices and potential pitfalls for directly integrating the collection, analysis, and interpretation of these data into public health decision making
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Mobile phones in healthcare settings
Hospitals and other healthcare settings can facilitate the spread of infectious diseases.1 The recent outbreak of covid-19 is the third documented spillover of animal coronavirus to humans in the past two decades, after severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and the Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2012. It has brought the focus of disease epidemiology to the healthcare institutions. The index case which sets the motion of outbreak investigations and subsequent control measures are initiated only after coming in contact with the healthcare institutions.2
Hospitals without proper infection control measures are a liability during an epidemic.3 They may become sources of hospital-acquired infections. They may initiate a vicious cycle of new disease diagnosis and newly acquired infections, both simultaneously occurring in the same hospital. For any infectious disease, it is the mode of transmission that bridges the source or reservoir with a susceptible host. It is this point which needs to be interrupted to prevent and control further disease transmission.4 Healthcare professionals are a bridge between infectious patients in hospitals (core population) and the general population in transmitting the disease.
The things they use within the hospital premises may facilitate such disease transmission.1 These include mobile phones. Globally, there are 5.07 billion5 mobile phone users. There are almost 1.2 billion6 users in India alone; 23% of mobile phone users globally are in India. Based on mobile phone usage, India is placed second only next to China.7 It is important for healthcare professionals to use mobile phones in the hospital and other health and care settings, especially for communication.