{"id":8159,"date":"2023-05-01T02:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T23:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/nhs-covid-19-app-that-helped-prevent-a-million-cases-shutting-down-in-may\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T02:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T23:30:39","slug":"nhs-covid-19-app-die-dazu-beigetragen-hat-die-schliesung-einer-million-falle-im-mai-zu-verhindern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/de\/nhs-covid-19-app-die-dazu-beigetragen-hat-die-schliesung-einer-million-falle-im-mai-zu-verhindern\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS-COVID-19-App, die dazu beigetragen hat, die Einstellung einer Million F\u00e4lle im Mai zu verhindern"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nhs-covid-19-app-that-helped-prevent-a-million-cases-shutting-down-in-may.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Die Welt nimmt gro\u00dfe Ver\u00e4nderungen vor, w\u00e4hrend sie versucht, die COVID-19-Pandemie zu \u00fcberwinden. Eine davon ist die Schlie\u00dfung der NHS-COVID-19-App, die etwa eine Million F\u00e4lle verhinderte und Tausende von Leben rettete.<\/p>\n<p>Die App, die seit ihrer Einf\u00fchrung im Jahr 2020 rund 30 Millionen Mal heruntergeladen wurde, diente als Hilfsmittel, um Menschen zu informieren, wenn sie dem Virus ausgesetzt waren. Doch erst an diesem Donnerstag funktionierte die in England und Wales verf\u00fcgbare App-Version nicht mehr, so die <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-65435326.amp\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Die anderen Versionen f\u00fcr Schottland und Nordirland waren bereits abgeschlossen. Die App wird im Mai offiziell die Stores von Apple und Google Play verlassen. Zuvor sendete die App bereits Benachrichtigungen an ihre Benutzer, um sie \u00fcber die bevorstehende Schlie\u00dfung zu informieren.<\/p>\n<p>Die App ben\u00f6tigte Bluetooth, um Ger\u00e4te in der N\u00e4he zu identifizieren, auf denen sie ebenfalls installiert war. Wenn ein Benutzer in der App einen positiven COVID-19-Test meldete, wurden Benachrichtigungen an alle Benutzer gesendet, die in engem Kontakt mit diesem Fall standen. Die Weitergabe der Nutzerdaten erfolgte anonym, sodass die F\u00e4lle \u00fcber die App nicht identifizierbar waren.<\/p>\n<p>Nachdem die Benutzer die Warnung erhalten hatten, wurden sie aufgefordert, sich selbst zu isolieren, um eine weitere Ausbreitung des Virus zu verhindern. Es stellte im Grunde ein einfaches Warnsystem inmitten der Pandemie dar. Allerdings war die NHS-COVID-19-App nicht frei von Problemen.<\/p>\n<p>Im Dezember 2021 verschickte die App rund 700.000 Alarme, was viele dazu veranlasste, sich \u00fcber ein m\u00f6gliches Problem mit ihrem Algorithmus zu beschweren. Dar\u00fcber hinaus gab es auch keine M\u00f6glichkeit festzustellen, ob sich Benutzer tats\u00e4chlich selbst isolierten, da jeder in der App anonym blieb.<\/p>\n<p>Aber Forscher <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-36495-z\" target=\"_blank\">ergab eine Studie<\/a> ver\u00f6ffentlichte im Februar, dass die App im ersten Jahr ihrer Nutzung dazu beigetragen hat, rund eine Million COVID-19-F\u00e4lle sowie sch\u00e4tzungsweise 44.000 Krankenhauseinweisungen und 10.000 Todesf\u00e4lle zu verhindern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eDie NHS-COVID-19-App verzeichnete ein hohes Benutzerengagement, identifizierte infekti\u00f6se Kontakte gut und trug dazu bei, eine betr\u00e4chtliche Anzahl von F\u00e4llen, Krankenhausaufenthalten und Todesf\u00e4llen zu verhindern\u201c, schrieb das Forschungsteam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eWir kommen zu dem Schluss, dass die digitale Kontaktverfolgung \u2013 eine relativ kosteng\u00fcnstige und schnell verf\u00fcgbare Intervention \u2013 eine wertvolle Ma\u00dfnahme f\u00fcr die \u00f6ffentliche Gesundheit ist, um die \u00dcbertragung von SARS-CoV-2 oder anderen anwendbaren Krankheitserregern in k\u00fcnftigen Epidemiewellen zu reduzieren.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Das Ende der App war zu erwarten, insbesondere nachdem alle COVID-19-bedingten Beschr\u00e4nkungen aufgehoben wurden. Dennoch wird die App \u201eein positives Erbe\u201c f\u00fcr zuk\u00fcnftige Krisen im Bereich der \u00f6ffentlichen Gesundheit haben, sagte Benedict Macon-Cooney, Chefpolitikstratege des Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, gegen\u00fcber der BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Ver\u00f6ffentlicht von Medicaldaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/nhs-covid-19-app-that-helped-prevent-million-cases-shutting-down-may-469589\">Medizinische t\u00e4gliche Quelle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nhs-covid-19-app-that-helped-prevent-a-million-cases-shutting-down-in-may.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Die Welt nimmt gro\u00dfe Ver\u00e4nderungen vor, w\u00e4hrend sie versucht, die COVID-19-Pandemie zu \u00fcberwinden. Eine davon ist die Schlie\u00dfung der NHS-COVID-19-App, die etwa eine Million F\u00e4lle verhinderte und Tausende von Leben rettete.<\/p>\n<p>Die App, die seit ihrer Einf\u00fchrung im Jahr 2020 rund 30 Millionen Mal heruntergeladen wurde, diente als Hilfsmittel, um Menschen zu informieren, wenn sie dem Virus ausgesetzt waren. Doch erst an diesem Donnerstag funktionierte die in England und Wales verf\u00fcgbare App-Version nicht mehr, so die <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-65435326.amp\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Die anderen Versionen f\u00fcr Schottland und Nordirland waren bereits abgeschlossen. Die App wird im Mai offiziell die Stores von Apple und Google Play verlassen. Zuvor sendete die App bereits Benachrichtigungen an ihre Benutzer, um sie \u00fcber die bevorstehende Schlie\u00dfung zu informieren.<\/p>\n<p>Die App ben\u00f6tigte Bluetooth, um Ger\u00e4te in der N\u00e4he zu identifizieren, auf denen sie ebenfalls installiert war. Wenn ein Benutzer in der App einen positiven COVID-19-Test meldete, wurden Benachrichtigungen an alle Benutzer gesendet, die in engem Kontakt mit diesem Fall standen. Die Weitergabe der Nutzerdaten erfolgte anonym, sodass die F\u00e4lle \u00fcber die App nicht identifizierbar waren.<\/p>\n<p>Nachdem die Benutzer die Warnung erhalten hatten, wurden sie aufgefordert, sich selbst zu isolieren, um eine weitere Ausbreitung des Virus zu verhindern. Es stellte im Grunde ein einfaches Warnsystem inmitten der Pandemie dar. Allerdings war die NHS-COVID-19-App nicht frei von Problemen.<\/p>\n<p>Im Dezember 2021 verschickte die App rund 700.000 Alarme, was viele dazu veranlasste, sich \u00fcber ein m\u00f6gliches Problem mit ihrem Algorithmus zu beschweren. Dar\u00fcber hinaus gab es auch keine M\u00f6glichkeit festzustellen, ob sich Benutzer tats\u00e4chlich selbst isolierten, da jeder in der App anonym blieb.<\/p>\n<p>Aber Forscher <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-36495-z\" target=\"_blank\">ergab eine Studie<\/a> ver\u00f6ffentlichte im Februar, dass die App im ersten Jahr ihrer Nutzung dazu beigetragen hat, rund eine Million COVID-19-F\u00e4lle sowie sch\u00e4tzungsweise 44.000 Krankenhauseinweisungen und 10.000 Todesf\u00e4lle zu verhindern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eDie NHS-COVID-19-App verzeichnete ein hohes Benutzerengagement, identifizierte infekti\u00f6se Kontakte gut und trug dazu bei, eine betr\u00e4chtliche Anzahl von F\u00e4llen, Krankenhausaufenthalten und Todesf\u00e4llen zu verhindern\u201c, schrieb das Forschungsteam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eWir kommen zu dem Schluss, dass die digitale Kontaktverfolgung \u2013 eine relativ kosteng\u00fcnstige und schnell verf\u00fcgbare Intervention \u2013 eine wertvolle Ma\u00dfnahme f\u00fcr die \u00f6ffentliche Gesundheit ist, um die \u00dcbertragung von SARS-CoV-2 oder anderen anwendbaren Krankheitserregern in k\u00fcnftigen Epidemiewellen zu reduzieren.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Das Ende der App war zu erwarten, insbesondere nachdem alle COVID-19-bedingten Beschr\u00e4nkungen aufgehoben wurden. Dennoch wird die App \u201eein positives Erbe\u201c f\u00fcr zuk\u00fcnftige Krisen im Bereich der \u00f6ffentlichen Gesundheit haben, sagte Benedict Macon-Cooney, Chefpolitikstratege des Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, gegen\u00fcber der BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Ver\u00f6ffentlicht von Medicaldaily.com<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nhs-covid-19-app-that-helped-prevent-a-million-cases-shutting-down-in-may.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NHS COVID-19 App That Helped Prevent A Million Cases Shutting Down In May - Urban Care Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/de\/nhs-covid-19-app-die-dazu-beigetragen-hat-die-schliesung-einer-million-falle-im-mai-zu-verhindern\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NHS COVID-19 App That Helped Prevent A Million Cases Shutting Down In May - Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The world is making big changes as it tries to move on from the COVID-19 pandemic. One of them is the closure of the NHS COVID-19 app that prevented about a million cases and saved thousands of lives.The app, downloaded around 30 million times since it launched in 2020, served as a tool to help people become aware if they got exposed to the virus. But just this Thursday, the app version available in England and Wales stopped working, according to the BBC.The other versions for Scotland and Northern Ireland had already closed. The app will officially leave the Apple and Google Play stores in May. Before this, the app already sent notifications to its users, informing them of its imminent shutdown.The app required Bluetooth to identify nearby devices that also had it installed. When a user reported a positive COVID-19 test in the app, alerts would be sent to every user who had been in close contact with that case. User data was shared anonymously, so the cases were not identifiable via the app.Once users received the alert, they were encouraged to self-isolate to prevent the further spread of the virus. It basically provided a simple alert system amid the pandemic. However, the NHS COVID-19 app was not free from issues.In December 2021, the app sent around 700,000 alerts, prompting many to complain about a possible problem with its algorithm. In addition, there was also no means to determine if users were indeed self-isolating since everyone on the app remained anonymous.But researchers revealed in a study published in February that the app helped prevent around one million COVID-19 cases and an estimated 44,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 deaths during its first year of use.&quot;The NHS COVID-19 app experienced high user engagement, identified infectious contacts well, and helped to avert appreciable numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths,&quot; the research team wrote.&quot;We conclude that digital contact tracing - a relatively low cost and rapidly available intervention - is a valuable public health measure for reducing transmission in any future epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 or other applicable pathogens.&quot;The demise of the app was to be expected, especially after all COVID-19-related restrictions got lifted. 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