The Covid-19 tracker was created by several independent researchers and software developers in collaboration with the health department of the Canton of Bern.
The aim of the Covid-19 tracker is to collect as much data as possible from healthy and infected people in Switzerland in a short time. Among other things, this data is intended to provide a differentiated picture of thecorona situation in our country.
The information about the corona situation in Switzerland is difficult to coordinate and thus difficult to get a bigger picture of the situation. Area wide comprehensive tests are not an option. Any additional piece of information can therefore help to stop the virus from spreading. The data collected using the Covid-19 tracker contains the postcode and a self-assessment of the respondents. Regions with a particularly high number of potential illnesses can be identified in this way. This enables targeted measures to be taken by the authorities.
The campaign was developed in collaboration with the health departmentof the Canton of Bern. This confirms the urgent need for as much information as possible from the population to combat the epidemic. Scientific studies (by Dr. Jan von Overbeck, among others) support a procedure that is now being implemented with the Covid-19 tracker.
The data collected using the Covid-19 tracker does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about personalities. They contain the postcode, age, gender and some other information, but neither names nor other personal data. The last four digits of the telephone number are collected toe prevent misuse and to be able to match the data of people who fill out the questionnaire several times. All data is transmitted encrypted
This geographic bias can be corrected by dividing the number of cases by the total submissions. The resulting percentage or per zip code is more meaningful.