Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

December 10, 2020

Belief of Having Had Unconfirmed Covid-19 Infection Reduces Willingness to Participate in App-Based Contact Tracing

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  • A questionnaire administered to 12,434 UK National Health Service users found that people who believe they had COVID-19 and recovered from it were 27% less likely to be willing to download a contract tracing app than people who do not believe they had COVID-19. While 60.3% were willing to participate, the authors report this proportion is insufficient for the app to be an effective intervention.

Bachtiger et al. (Nov 6, 2020). Belief of Having Had Unconfirmed Covid-19 Infection Reduces Willingness to Participate in App-Based Contact Tracing. Npj Digital Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00357-5