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SUBMITTER: Altmann S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7458659 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Altmann Samuel S Milsom Luke L Zillessen Hannah H Blasone Raffaele R Gerdon Frederic F Bach Ruben R Kreuter Frauke F Nosenzo Daniele D Toussaert Séverine S Abeler Johannes J
JMIR mHealth and uHealth 20200828 8
<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest public health crisis of the last 100 years. Countries have responded with various levels of lockdown to save lives and stop health systems from being overwhelmed. At the same time, lockdowns entail large socioeconomic costs. One exit strategy under consideration is a mobile phone app that traces the close contacts of those infected with COVID-19. Recent research has demonstrated the theoretical effectiveness of this solution in different d ...[more]