A team of experts at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford and Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick estimate the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around 1 million ...

(TNS) — The digital contact tracing effort in Virginia is 2 million phones strong. Roughly a quarter of the adult population has downloaded the state’s COVIDWISE app or opted in on their iPhones to ...

The idea behind digital contact tracing is that, when an individual tests positive for an infectious disease such as COVID-19, an app on their smartphone can send a notification to other smartphones ...

Back in March 2020, when contact-tracing apps were first being frantically built, they seemed to me like a mirage -- a fantasy embraced by the smartphone-toting, jet-setting class who wanted to ...

The core of New Zealand’s COVID-19 strategy is twofold. First is a draconian border closure where entry is strictly controlled. Only New Zealand citizens and permanent residence visa holders have an ...

The ACT government is decommissioning the Check in CBR mobile app that was used for contact tracing during the pandemic. In a statement, ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the app will ...