This system provides a new way to manage close contacts and restrict the spread of COVID-19 by combining information technology with disease prevention and control strategies in the realm of public health.
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There is sufficient practical experience to suggest that the system is capable of meeting the professional work requirements for close contact management. To date, the system has been widely used in Guangdong Province for over 1 year and has recorded tens of thousands of pieces of data. Moreover, when this system is used in conjunction with other data tools, it provides data assistance for understanding the COVID-19 characteristics and formulating targeted COVID-19 control policies. Since the system allows information flow across cities, the geographical distance and administrative regional boundaries are no longer obstacles for managing close contacts, which promotes the management of each close contact. The system introduces what information need to be collected in the close contact management. Two main functions and eight modules/themes were ultimately formed after two development stages. This system was designed from the standpoint of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in charge of managing close contacts. Here we introduced the design, use, improvement and achievements of this system. MethodsĪ new system called the COVID-19 Close Contact Information Management System was developed. However, managing close contacts is challenging owing to the huge number of close contacts and a lack of appropriate management tools and literature references. As a result, to understand and consider the management of close contacts may be beneficial to other countries.
China’s experience in successfully controlling COVID-19 emphasized the importance of managing close contacts because this strategy helps to limit potential infection sources, prevent the unconscious spread of COVID-19 and thus control this pandemic. Due to the highly infective nature of SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 close contacts are at significant risk of contracting COVID-19. Since the outbreak started in 2019, COVID-19 pandemic has a significant global impact.