COVID-19 Tracking Applications Acceptance among General Populace: An Overview in Malaysia

Mahmoud Al-shami, Rawad Abdulghafor (), Abdulaziz Aborujilah, Abubakar Yagoub, Sherzod Turaev () and Mohammed A. H. Ali
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Mahmoud Al-shami: Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 53100, Malaysia
Rawad Abdulghafor: Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 53100, Malaysia
Abdulaziz Aborujilah: Cybersecurity & Technological Convergence Section, Malaysian Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur 50250, Malaysia
Abubakar Yagoub: Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 53100, Malaysia
Sherzod Turaev: Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
Mohammed A. H. Ali: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments to implement strategies for contact tracing due to the disease’s ease of spread. The Malaysian government has sought to develop and implement a digital contact-tracking application to make it easier and faster to detect the spread; the system has become an integral part of the exit strategy from mandated lockdowns. These applications keep track of the user’s proximity with others who are in the system to inform them early on if they are at a risk of infection. The effectiveness of these applications depends on the willingness of users to install and allow the application to track their location at all times. Therefore, this research aims to identify the factors that would stimulate or slow down the adoption of contact-tracing apps.

Keywords: model; COVID-19; tracing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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