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| 2020 (April) || {{w|Contact tracing}} || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || {{w|Apple Inc.}} and {{w|Google}} launch the [[w:Exposure Notification|Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing Project]], a framework and specification developed to facilitate {{w|digital contact tracing}} during the {{w|2019-20 COVID-19 pandemic}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=How a handful of Apple and Google employees came together to help health officials trace coronavirus |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/28/apple-iphone-contact-tracing-how-it-came-together.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=30 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Apple and Google joint initiative on COVID-19 contact tracing technology |url=https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/documents/2617653/apple-google-api-opinion-final-april-2020.pdf |website=ico.org.uk |accessdate=30 July 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2020 (May) || Prevention ({{w|face mask}}) || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || About 88% of the world's population lives live in countries where their government and leading disease experts recommend or mandate the use of masks in public places to limit the spread of COVID-19.<ref name="MasksMandatory">{{cite web|url=https://masks4all.co/what-countries-have-mask-laws/|title=What Countries Require Masks in Public or Recommend Masks?|last=Masks4All|publisher=Masks4All|language=en|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2020 (June 5) || Prevention ({{w|face mask}}) || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || The {{w|World Health Organization}} recommends that the general public should wear non-medical [[w:cloth face mask|fabric masks]] where there is known or suspected widespread transmission of {{w|COVID-19}} and where physical distancing is not possible, and that vulnerable people (aged over 60 or with underlying health risks) and people with any symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 as well as caregivers and healthcare workers should wear {{w|medical mask}}s.<ref name="who20200606">{{cite web |url= https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak |title= Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 |date= 5 June 2020 |publisher= World Health Organization}}</ref> ||
