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NHS tracing app ‘prevented thousands of deaths’ – Yahoo News Australia
Peer-reviewed research suggests the contact-tracing app prevented between 284,000 and 594,000 cases.
The NHS Covid-19 app logo is seen on a smartphone, with branding from the website for test and trace behind it
The NHS contact-tracing app had a significant impact on lowering the spread of the coronavirus in the UK, a peer-reviewed paper has found.
Researchers estimate the app prevented hundreds of thousands of cases of the disease, and thousands of deaths.
“On average, each confirmed case who consented to notification of their contacts through the app prevented one new case,” the paper claims.
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