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Tracing apps may stem COVID-19 spread even when only a few use them: Study – The Jakarta Post – Jakarta Post
Contact tracing apps can sharply reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus even when only a few people use them.
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.
An app used by 15 percent of the population together with a well-staffed contact-tracing workforce can lead to a 15 percent drop in infection rates and an 11 percent drop in COVID-19 deaths, according to statistical modeling by the Alphabet Inc unit and Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Medicine.
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