Contact tracing apps can sharply reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus even when only a few people use them, a study published on Thursday by researchers at Google and Oxford University showed.

Despite very public messaging that the Bluetooth contact-tracing tools for COVID-19 developed by Google and Apple would not track users' locations, its implementation within Android operating systems ...

There are big concerns about privacy and effectiveness. So far, apps like this have been voluntary, but they might be required soon — not by the government, but by your company. The global consulting ...

More than one in four of Finland's 5.5 million people have downloaded the country's contact tracing smartphone app since it was launched on Monday, the public health authority said.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Bluetooth-based system predicted close contacts with an accuracy between 0.88 and 1. The system also ...

A team of experts at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford and Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick estimate the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around 1 million ...

To activate COVID-19 contact tracing notifications on your iPhone, you'll need to enable it in your Settings app.

At the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, analog techniques like nasopharyngeal swab specimens for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing were prominent. The widespread use of ...

COVID-19 tracing apps are useful in identifying the infected individuals within an area. However, when personal information is compromised, it might be a sign to improve its security. According to the ...

The ACT government is decommissioning the Check in CBR mobile app that was used for contact tracing during the pandemic. In a statement, ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the app will ...