Digital Health Apps to Use During the COVID19 Quarantine

While most of us are experiencing our very first pandemic, we are simultaneously living in an ongoing “infodemic”. The latter refers to the widespread misinformation circulating on the web around the novel coronavirus, especially on social media. We saw the likes of reports claiming the COVID-19 being part of a biological weapons program (debunked, as the natural origins of the virus have been proven) or even more, let’s say, creative ones suggesting 5G networks cause the infection (it goes without saying that there’s no relation whatsoever).

Despite those misconceptions and hoax stories, there are a lot of helpful resources involving smartphone apps and even social media. These include software to keep track of the COVID-19 spread, apps to receive healthcare remotely and even physical phones for contact tracing. However, some of these apps might hide malicious software that can harm your device. We’ll guide you through finding trusted apps and point out to some useful resources out there that you can use during this pandemic, all accessible via your smartphone.