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In the early months of 2020, a new virus began to spread in societies around the world. This virus, named SARS-CoV-2 or simply coronavirus, caused a disease called COVID-19 that had a deadly outcome in a disturbingly high fraction of cases. The elderly and those with an underlying chronic disease seemed to be particularly vulnerable [3]. Some months into 2020, the disease was classified as a global pandemic.
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Elmokashfi, A., Lysne, O., Naumova, V. (2022). Chapter 1 Introduction. In: Elmokashfi, A., Lysne, O., Naumova, V. (eds) Smittestopp − A Case Study on Digital Contact Tracing. Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05466-2_1
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