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The duo of social distancing and contact tracing are the major technological-based non-pharmaceutical public health intervention strategies adopted for combating the dreaded disease. These technologies have been deployed by different countries around the world to achieve effective and efficient means of maintaining appropriate distance and tracking the transmission pattern of the diseases or identifying those at high risk of infecting others. This paper aims to synthesize the research efforts on contact tracing and social distancing to minimize the spread of COVID-19. The paper critically and comprehensively reviews contact tracing technologies, protocols, and mobile applications (apps) that were recently developed and deployed against the coronavirus disease. Furthermore, the paper discusses social distancing technologies, appropriate methods to maintain distances, regulations, isolation\/quarantine, and interaction strategies. In addition, the paper highlights different security\/privacy vulnerabilities identified in contact tracing and social distancing technologies and solutions against these vulnerabilities. We also x-rayed the strengths and weaknesses of the various technologies concerning their application in contact tracing and social distancing. Finally, the paper proposed insightful recommendations and open research directions in contact tracing and social distancing that could assist researchers, developers, and governments in implementing new technological methods to combat the menace of COVID-19.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22010280","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,30]],"date-time":"2021-12-30T23:29:07Z","timestamp":1640906947000},"page":"280","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions against COVID-19 Pandemic: Review of Contact Tracing and Social Distancing Technologies, Protocols, Apps, Security and Open Research Directions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Uzoma Rita","family":"Alo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo P.M.B 1010, Abakaliki 480211, Ebonyi State, Nigeria"}]},{"given":"Friday Onwe","family":"Nkwo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo P.M.B 1010, Abakaliki 480211, Ebonyi State, Nigeria"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5196-764X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Henry Friday","family":"Nweke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Network Systems, Computer Science Department, Ebonyi State University, P.M.B 053, Abakaliki 480211, Ebonyi State, Nigeria"}]},{"given":"Ifeanyi Isaiah","family":"Achi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo P.M.B 1010, Abakaliki 480211, Ebonyi State, Nigeria"}]},{"given":"Henry Anayo","family":"Okemiri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo P.M.B 1010, Abakaliki 480211, Ebonyi State, Nigeria"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"E64","article-title":"The Spanish Influenza Pandemic: A lesson from history 100 years after 1918","volume":"60","author":"Martini","year":"2019","journal-title":"J. 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