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Table 3.

Twitter iterations and filtering process

UK (England) Qatar
Name of official app NHS alpha and beta versions NHS COVID19 APP EHTERAZ
Tweets Scrapping Period 1st March − 23rd September 2020 24th September − 30th December 2020 1st March – 30th December 2020
Language English English English and Arabic
Keywords Used for search NHSx, NHS tracking and tracing, NHS digital NHSCOVID19app EHTERAZ, تطبيق_احتراز
Geolocation England England Qatar
Source of Tweets NHS, England Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) NHSCOVID19 app, England Primary Care Trusts All official Qatar Ministries
Total number of tweets 9394 15,192 4205
Total number of official tweets 47 490 88
Total number of direct official tweets (with no reply) 25 435 88