Worcester, Mass. - Nov. 19, 2020 - Engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Virginia Tech are collaborating on a smartphone app that can help conduct contact tracing needed to contain the ...

The idea behind digital contact tracing is that, when an individual tests positive for an infectious disease such as COVID-19, an app on their smartphone can send a notification to other smartphones ...

The UK National Health Service's (NHS) official COVID-19 contact-tracing app has been launched across England and Wales following months of delays. Available from today on the Apple App Store and ...

The risk of catching COVID-19 as calculated by a smartphone app scales with the probability of subsequently testing positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, showing that digital contact tracing is a ...