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As Apple and Google begin to roll out their contact tracing tech, a new bill could enforce strict rules to protect user data
A new bill is being drawn up to create rules over how users' private information is managed in cont…
Hugh Langley
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Utah reportedly spent nearly $3 million on a contact tracing app that less than 2% of the state's population has downloaded
Utah's struggles to get people to use the app show how difficult it will be to rely on the technolo…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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The UK is paying contact tracers $12 an hour to do nothing because of chaotic training and problems as banal as not being able to log in
Contact tracers in training in the UK with contractor Sitel have described confused training sessio…
Mia Jankowicz
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Singapore will give residents wearable 'tokens' that track the people they interact with in a new effort to contain COVID-19
Singapore's contact tracing app drew praise for its early rollout in March, but it wasn't able to p…
Aaron Holmes
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WHO: We can't give up on contact tracing, 'no matter how extremely difficult' it is to track the spread of the coronavirus
Waiting for a vaccine, instead of contact tracing, is not an option, the WHO said in a press confer…
Anna Medaris Miller
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The US should stop contact tracing COVID-19. Invest in genetic sequencing instead.
The US sequences only 5 of every 1,000 cases, and wastes time trying to track down people exposed t…
Hilary Brueck,Aylin Woodward
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The US's contact-tracing system is broken. Testing delays set it up for failure.
Testing delays made it difficult to identify people who were still infectious. Now the outbreak has…
Aria Bendix
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Vietnam was ranked 2nd for successfully handling the coronavirus pandemic, and its contact tracing was so good it barely had to lock down
The Lowy Institute ranked Vietnam No. 2 behind New Zealand in successfully handling the pandemic. T…
Bre'Anna Grant
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An NYC suburb is subpoenaing partygoers who won't cooperate with coronavirus contact tracers, and it shows the legal measures authorities could take to contain outbreaks
Contact tracers tried to call the partygoers to track down anyone exposed to the coronavirus, but t…
Michelle Mark
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France attacked Apple for not helping to build its contact-tracing app
France opted not to use Apple and Google's specialized contact-tracing API, preferring to build an …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Uber has been quietly helping governments with contact tracing for months
Uber received 560 coronavirus-related requests from 29 countries in the first half of 2020 to help …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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How location data can help track and stop the spread of COVID-19
When it comes to stopping a second wave of COVID-19 cases, contact tracing might be the key. Here's…
Hiatt Woods
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Here's how to apply to be a contact tracer in New York City and make $57,000 with benefits
The CDC describes contact tracing, which tracks who infected people have had contact with, "part of…
Connor Perrett
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Universities are offering free online courses to teach people how to become coronavirus contact tracers
Health experts say reopening the country will require a mammoth testing and tracing effort, and at …
Michelle Mark
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The WHO said it is a 'lame excuse' to claim COVID-19 contact tracing is too difficult — a clear dig at countries like the UK and US
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was scathing of countries that did not carry out coronavirus contact tra…
Mia Jankowicz
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The first app using Apple and Google's COVID-19 contact tracing tech in the US is about to launch
The technology uses Bluetooth on iPhones and Androids to warn people if they've come in contact wit…
Aaron Holmes
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Singapore said its contact tracing app would only be used to fight the coronavirus, but now police are accessing its data for criminal investigations
According to the update, app data "may be used in circumstances where citizen safety and security i…
Azmi Haroun
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UK to pilot coronavirus contact tracing smartphone app
London, May 4 () The UK government on Monday announced that after hitting its testing target for co…
PTI
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The US needs an 'army' of contact tracers if there's any hope of getting back to normal
In the US, roughly 2,200 contact workers are stationed nationwide. Public health experts say it'll …
Hilary Brueck
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STD rates appear to be quietly skyrocketing across the US, as fewer people get tested and treated during the pandemic
"I don't think people have stopped having sex, necessarily," David Harvey, executive director of th…