Contact tracing apps unlikely to contain COVID-19 spread: UK researchers
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 10:40
in Health & Medicine
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.