Utilization of IT to prevent the spread of the Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19) infections

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.

3. Online survey using SNS. LINE Corporation conducted online survey and provided results to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) based on the data protection agreement. Until April 13th, Line did the survey 3 times and around 25 million citizens responded. LINE Cooperation is one of the major SNS company and has 83 users.

Country

Japan

Institution

Cabinet Secretariat