Covid-19 contact tracing: a briefing
Chris Baraniuk
Abstract
The UK has plunged into a new programme of contact tracing—three months after it abandoned its original test and trace strategy for covid-19. <b>Chris Baraniuk</b> explains what we know about current global efforts and why they are is crucial during a pandemic
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Contact tracingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPandemicTracingTRACE (psycholinguistics)Computer scienceData scienceVirologyMedicinePathologyProgramming languageOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)PhilosophyLinguisticsDiseaseCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingImmune responses and vaccinationsCOVID-19 epidemiological studies