Contact tracing apps unlikely to contain COVID-19 spread: UK researchers

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Contact tracing apps unlikely to contain COVID-19 spread: UK researchers
ScienceDaily

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 110855.htm
Category: healthNews
Published: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 11:08:55 EDT

Description: Contract tracing apps used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are unlikely to be effective without proper uptake and support from concurrent control measures, finds a new study by researchers in the United Kingdom. The systematic review shows that large-scale manual contact tracing alongside other public health control measures -- such as physical distancing and closure of indoor spaces such as pubs -- is likely to be required in conjunction with automated approaches.