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In Europe, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has established an online symptom reporting tool (https://minhelse.helsenorge.no/skjemautfyller?Query=Questionnaire/302) meant to supplement the electronic health record and track the natural evolution of symptoms. Within 24 hours of being launched its launch in the UK, the C-19 COVID Symptom Tracker App (covid.joinzoe.com) had 650,000 downloads. The letsbeatcovid.net online survey is a collaboration between NHS doctors and Leeds University Institute of Data Analytics. Similar data collecting tools have been established in the UK and several other countries, including the letsbeatcovid.net, a collaboration between NHS doctors and Leeds University Institute of Data AnalyticsNetherlands, Slovakia and others.
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Here, we propose to create a similar online symptom-reporting tool. This will allow to collect anonymous information such as: location, major and minor symptoms of Covid-19 infection, presence of co-morbidies, and risk-factors associated with Covid-19 exposure. We expect less than 2-5% of surveys submitted to actually have the disease. Nevertheless, collecting large amounts of data will allow for downstream analysis, predictive modeling and generate data-driven insights for decision-makers.
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