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Governments around the world are proposing contact tracing as a way of limiting the spread of coronavirus after lockdown.Nations are recruiting thousands of people to do the task manually, but smartphones apps that can automate the process will also have a role to play.BBC Click's Chris Fox explains what contact tracing is, and some of…

Governments around the world are proposing contact tracing as a way of limiting the spread of coronavirus after lockdown.Contact tracing can be done from memory, but smartphones apps that can automate the process have also been developed.BBC Click's Chris Fox explains what contact tracing is, and some of the methods that have been proposed.See more…

Published on Apr 22, 2020Test, trace, and treat have become three major words when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, but when it comes to stopping a second wave of COVID-19 cases, tracing might be the key. But while other countries have aggressively traced new cases, the United States is still behind, even though companies…

The job of contact tracing can involve detective work. During the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, a hand-drawn map on the wall of a rural clinic in Liberia showed health workers how to get to a remote village where a woman with Ebola may have traveled. Kelly McEvers/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kelly…

Contact tracing can help public health officials slow the spread of coronavirus. Angela Lang/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. In the fight against the spread of COVID-19, Apple and Google are teaming up to help public health organizations more easily track the spread of coronavirus…