While Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s review of contact tracing only briefly mentions digital methods, it’s crucial Australia invests in an automated system.
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Current contact-tracing statistics do not track coronavirus positive cases from receiving test results, nor factor in all close contacts for cases. Here’s how to make it better.
There is cause for optimism. But now the pendulum swings towards individuals taking responsibility for managing risks, rather than government telling you what you can and can’t do.
Download rates have been disappointing and people aren’t following self-isolation warnings.
A senior World Health Organisation envoy caused consternation by proclaiming lockdowns are not a good long-term strategy against COVID-19. But it’s true, and other subtler tactics are better in the long run.
Address data are maintained in silos at different government entities. There is limited coordination and adherence to international standards; good practice is lacking around information management.
Some hard lessons have been learned along the way but the contact tracing system in Victoria is now very comprehensive and increasingly robust.
States have been experimenting with more targeted approaches to slow the coronavirus’s spread. Two strategies stand out.
Ironically, to encourage people to download the COVID Alert app, we need viral processes as we attempt to contain an actual virus. And that’s a challenge when we’re socially isolated.
Yo-yoing lockdowns are costly and to be avoided if at all possible. Here is what we can do to dramatically improve testing and tracing.
The state government has enlisted a US software company to deploy a data management system that will speed up contact tracing. But security could be a hitch.
Social media influencers could have an impact in promoting a test and trace service and changing young people’s attitudes towards COVID-19.
New Zealand’s most pressing challenge is to bring the current COVID-19 outbreak under control, but it also time to make more strategic improvements to prevent future border control failures.
Countries around the world have struggled to get people to download and use contact tracing apps.
Canada’s COVID Alert app maybe be privacy-safe, but the government has failed to release any information about what effect it expects it to have on COVID-19 transmission.
We believe New Zealand can eliminate COVID-19 again. But it could do more to speed up that process with mandatory masks and tighter controls on high-risk venues, including bars, gyms and churches.
New Zealand has confirmed a new community outbreak of COVID-19 and the country returns to pandemic restrictions, with Auckland under alert level 3 conditions.
Contact tracing may be around for years, but it’s not going to work if privacy concerns are not addressed.
Border restrictions and quarantine have kept COVID-19 out of New Zealand, but new modelling shows contact tracing and quick isolation would control an outbreak, without the need for another lockdown.
New Zealand is one of a small number of countries that have managed to eliminate community transmission of COVID-19. It’s now reached a 100-day milestone with no new cases in the community.
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Adjunct professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Research assistant, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate professor, University of Canterbury
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Research Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor, Computing & Information Systems; Director, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, The University of Melbourne
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Research scientist in mathematical modelling, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
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Research scientist, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research