Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
May 28, 2020
Automated and Partially-Automated Contact Tracing a Rapid Systematic Review to Inform the Control of COVID-19
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
- [pre-print, not peer reviewed] A systematic review of automated and partially-automated contact tracing methods found no empirical evidence of effectiveness. However, several modelling studies suggest that epidemic control would require high population-level uptake of automated contact-tracing apps in combination with other control measures.
Braithwaite et al. (May 28, 2020). Automated and Partially-Automated Contact Tracing a Rapid Systematic Review to Inform the Control of COVID-19. Pre-print downloaded May 28 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.27.20114447