Digital contact tracing for COVID-19
Robert A. Kleinman, Colin Merkel
Abstract
KEY POINTS The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exceeded the capacity of many public health agencies to undertake traditional contact tracing. To address the limitations of traditional contact tracing, numerous governments — including those of Alberta in
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Contact tracingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTracingCoronavirusComputer sciencePublic healthMedicineVirologyPathologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Operating systemDiseaseCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingData-Driven Disease SurveillancePrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data