Pandemic Surveillance: Is tracing tech here to stay? – ET HealthWorld
The two-year fight against COVID-19 has turned technology into a weapon of choice to defeat the virus but experts now worry that tech will outlive the pandemic and normalise mass…
Calls for contact tracing system to be wound up
The Scottish Conservatives want Test and Protect replaced with a cheaper and more targeted system. Source link
As Delta Surges, Contact Tracing Re-Takes COVID Center Stage
Ilish Pérez, health educator, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. True Beck, COVID-19 response manager, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. K.J. Seung, MD, senior health and policy…
India coronavirus: Tracing a family’s journey to save a life
It helps briefly but his oxygen levels continue to drop. It's 10am, and the doctor advises Anoop needs to be admitted to a hospital. The family tries to arrange an…
NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app to share QR code venue check-ins
The move should lead to more people being told to get tested for Covid-19. Source link
Officials Begin Task of Tracing Trump’s Contacts
White House news conference, Oct. 2, 2020. Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director, American Public Health Association. Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore, MD. Twitter:…
Privacy Concerns Hindering Digital Contact Tracing
Jennifer D. Oliva, JD, associate professor of law, Seton Hall University School of Law, Jersey City, NJ. Ross D. Silverman, JD, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health…
NHS Covid-19 app: England and Wales get smartphone contact tracing for over-16s
By Leo Kelion & Rory Cellan-Jones Technology reporters Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic image captionUsers will be told to self-isolate if the app determines they are at high risk of being…
What to Know About COVID Contact Tracing and Scams
CDC: "Contact Tracing for COVID-19." State of New Jersey: "What are common misconceptions about contact tracing?" Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director, American Public Health Association. Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar,…
Contact tracing apps may be ineffective for reducing Covid-19 spread: Study – ET HealthWorld
Illustration / Peter Hamlin;LONDON: Contact tracing apps are unlikely to contain the spread of Covid-19 without proper public health control measures such as physical distancing and closure of indoor spaces,…