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Covid-19: Is local contact tracing the answer?

Gareth Iacobucci

2020BMJ24 citationsDOI

Abstract

As the government shrinks the national scheme for contact tracing, Gareth Iacobucci asks local public health officials about their chances of success

Topics & Concepts

Contact tracingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)TracingGovernment (linguistics)Scheme (mathematics)Public healthComputer scienceData sciencePublic relationsPolitical scienceVirologyMedicineNursingInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyOutbreakMathematicsLinguisticsDiseaseMathematical analysisOperating systemPhilosophyCOVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing