IntroductionΒΆ

Hundreds of initiatives have been initiated to display key indicators related to the spread of COVID-19; individuals, non-profit companies, for-profit companies and public administrations published dashboards all over the world.

The dashboards were built by software like Qlik or relied on private or open-source code.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became famous : CDC in the US, ECDC in Europe became overloaded by requests.

Data collected by public administrations were made publicly available and the first dashboards came up with its share of critics.