Smittestop-app | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

A contact-tracing app. The app will make it possible for authorities to analyse activity levels in society at a pseudonymised and aggregate level. The app will also notify users if they’ve been in contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19. The app is bluetooth based, and expected to be launched within a few weeks.

Country

Denmark

Institution

The Danish Health Ministry and the Danish Agency for Digitisation