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UW launches online training for contact tracing to help fight COVID-19

May 29, 2020 sarah Jonas contact tracer, contact tracing, COVID-19, Public Health, University of Washington

To provide training for the expanding workforce of contact tracers, the University of Washington’s Northwest Center for Public Health Practice created the free, online course Every Contact Counts to support public health agencies — including smaller, rural public health districts and tribal health departments — to help their existing and growing workforce in the art and science of conducting a contact-tracing interview.

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Public Disclosure of COVID-19 Cases Is More Effective than Lockdowns

May 25, 2020 sarah Jonas contact tracing, COVID-19, lockdown, Public Health, South Korea, stay-at-home order, Technology

South Korea is a standout in the current battle against COVID-19, largely due to its widespread testing and contact tracing; however, key to its innovation is publicly disclosing detailed information on the individuals who test positive for COVID-19.

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UCLA establishes COVID-19 pandemic response training program

May 13, 2020 sarah Jonas contact tracing, COVID-19, Pandemic, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

A team at UCLA is training thousands of individuals across the state in public health techniques and strategies, including contact tracing, case investigation, and administration, in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

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Contact tracing a ‘tried-and-true tool’ for public health

May 11, 2020 sarah Jonas contact tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, New York, New York City

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Billions of people could be invisible in COVID-19 contract tracing efforts utilizing smartphone apps

May 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Apple, consumer advocacy, Consumers, contact tracing, contact tracing app, Coronavirus, covid 19, Google, Law, Privacy, Privacy concerns

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Johns Hopkins and Bloomberg Philanthropies, with New York State, Launch Online Course to Train Army of Contact Tracers to Slow Spread of COVID-19

May 11, 2020 sarah Jonas contact tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19

With the urgent need to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with Bloomberg Philanthropies, today launched a free online course to help train a new cadre of contact tracers to reach and assist people exposed to the virus.

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Smartphone-based automated contact tracing: Is it possible to balance privacy, accuracy and security?

May 7, 2020 sarah Jonas computer activity, contact tracing, Coronavirus, coronavirus and education

UAB professor, Nitesh Saxena, Ph.D., explains the context of contact tracing and how it will help the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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A New Way to Accurately Estimate COVID-19 Death Toll

April 30, 2020 sarah Jonas contact tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Disease, Health, Italy, mathematical model, Mathematics, Model, Modeling, Mortality, New Jersey, NJ, Pandemic, Population, Public Health, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, social distancing, Spain, Stay-at-home, Testing

A Rutgers engineer has created a mathematical model that accurately estimates the death toll linked to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and could be used around the world. The model, detailed in a study published in the journal Mathematics, predicted the death toll would eventually reach about 68,120 in the United States as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. That’s based on data available on April 28, and there was high confidence (99 percent) the expected death toll would be between 66,055 and 70,304.

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