Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, technology enthusiasts have pushed for digital
contact tracing as a critical tool for breaking the COVID-19 transmission chains. Motivated by …

Contact tracing has become a vital tool for public health officials to effectively combat the
spread of new diseases, such as the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. Contact tracing …

The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing enormous global challenges in managing the spread
of the virus. A key pillar to mitigation is contact tracing, which complements testing and …

Digital contact tracing applications (CTAs) have been one of the most widely discussed
technical methods of controlling the COVID-19 outbreak. The effectiveness of this …

The current COVID-19 pandemic is a deadly crisis, but also an opportunity to pull together
as a society. Regrettably, it's also an opportunity for would-be authoritarians and powerful …

In July and early August 2020, a total of 137 people in Ireland received warnings that they
had potentially been exposed to the coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 …

The potential of digital contact tracing to slow the spread of a virus had been quietly
explored for over a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic thrust the technology into the …

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global lockdown with severe health and
economical consequences. As a result, authorities around the globe have expressed their …

For all the controversy over decentralized contact-tracing apps, data show that these privacy-
preserving tools saved thousands of lives during the pandemic. National and international …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe global pandemic that has
claimed millions of lives and continues to overwhelm public health systems in many …