How a Smartphone App and Contact Tracing Helped Keep UArizona Open and Curb COVID-19 Spread
How a Smartphone App and Contact Tracing Helped Keep UArizona Open and Curb COVID-19 Spread
Statistics show relatively high usage rates for UArizona ' s exposure notification app, which helped curb the spread of the virus on campus. Public health experts say the digital strategy worked well because it was used in conjunction with traditional contact tracing, in addition to testing and isolation efforts.
Mikayla Mace
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Students returning to campus in August.
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Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace
Science Writer, University Communicationsmikaylamace@arizona.edu520-621-1878
Researcher contact(s)Kacey Ernst
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatisticskernst@email.arizona.edu520-626-7374Joanna Masel
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biologymasel@u.arizona.edu520-626-9888Kristen Pogreba-Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatisticskpogreba@email.arizona.edu520-626-3076Since the University of Arizona launched Covid Watch Arizona – ananonymous COVID-19 exposure notification app– in August, the app has had relatively high download and usage rates, and university analysts estimate that it may have helped reduce the average number of people infected on campus by 12%.Masel, Joanna.png
Joanna Masel" That estimated 12% reduction in transmission matters. If you can get R(t) (the average number of people infected by a positiveperson) to drop from 1.06 to .94, that translates from exponential...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mikaylamace Source Type: research
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