Officials slow to act on contact-tracing warnings, UK covid inquiry told theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The Africa director at the World Health Organization urged African countries to ramp up coronavirus testing and contact tracing, as she presented research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of people on the continent may have contracted the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Two Covid-19 contact-tracing efforts in China’s capital have combined to open a window into extreme inequality that has engrossed many in the world’s most populous country on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
NSW warns businesses against letting in unvaccinated people, Victoria overhauls Covid contact tracing theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Government refuses to reveal how many times contact tracing turned off on Covid app theguardian.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Tracing a family’s fight to save a father from Covid in India bbc.in
@nytimesworld4 years ago
After months of delays, a team of World Health Organization scientists tracing the pandemic’s origin began its field work on Friday in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus was first detected nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Victoria's poor contact tracing during second Covid wave 'cost lives', report finds theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Wastewater a rich source for Covid contact tracing – video theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
House Speaker Pelosi said the coronavirus aid negotiations were at an impasse Sunday, pointing to a dispute over funding for the health-care portion, including testing and tracing. Trump on Fox News said Republicans still want to reach an agreement. on.wsj.com
@guardian5 years ago
Glitches dent German enthusiasm for Covid contact-tracing app theguardian.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
When a handful of Indigenous people from an isolated tribe emerged from the forest, a Brazilian official sprang into action in an effort to safeguard them from the coronavirus. While tracing their footprints, a five-foot bamboo arrow pierced his chest. nyti.ms
@guardian2 years ago
Victorians’ Covid contact tracing data sent to crime authority for potential use by Palantir theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The Africa director at the World Health Organization urged African countries to ramp up coronavirus testing and contact tracing, as she presented research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of people on the continent may have contracted the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The South African scientists who identified Omicron have some of the world’s most advanced expertise in tracing viruses. But they’re just one half of the country’s strategy to stop new Covid variants. The key tool in the other half? Nagging. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
‘Slipped through the cracks’: Victoria’s surging Covid cases put pressure on contact tracing theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Covid-19 contact-tracing measures and a packed Olympics schedule mean one positive test could risk knocking entire squads from competition on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
‘Parasitic’ ticket touts ‘undermining music festivals’ Covid tracing’ theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
After months of delays, a team of World Health Organization scientists tracing the pandemic’s origin began its field work on Friday in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus was first detected. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Coronavirus: Is India's test and tracing strategy working? bbc.in
@guardian4 years ago
Victoria building own QR code check-in system for venues to help with Covid contact tracing theguardian.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
Western governments promised that contact tracing would track down coronavirus cases and let most people get on with their lives. But after a cascade of mistakes, that promise has nearly evaporated. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld5 years ago
Singapore starts distributing Bluetooth coronavirus contact-tracing tokens to its five million residents bbc.in
@nytimesworld5 years ago
When a handful of Indigenous people from an isolated tribe emerged from the forest, a Brazilian official sprang into action in an effort to safeguard them from the coronavirus. While tracing their footprints, a five-foot bamboo arrow pierced his chest. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Australia retires CovidSafe contact-tracing app that was barely used theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Few countries bet bigger on contact tracing than South Korea. But most South Koreans with Covid-19 now isolate themselves at home without ever communicating directly with health investigators. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The South African scientists who identified Omicron have some of the world’s most advanced expertise in tracing viruses. But they’re just one half of the country’s strategy to stop new Covid variants. The key tool in the other half? Nagging. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Covid Australia daily stats update: charts on cases, deaths and contact tracing for 16 August theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
As the Delta variant outruns NSW’s contact tracing, the cabinet splits between Covid and the economy theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Some African countries hit hard by the 2014 Ebola pandemic have responded better to Covid-19, in part because of their experience with such things as contact tracing, notes Dr. Paul Farmer, a pioneer in global health on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
W.H.O. experts landed in Wuhan to begin tracing the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese state media said. But the team faces many hurdles. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Covid-19 contact-tracing apps from Apple and Google are coming to more states, along with evidence that they can help slow infections as long as enough people use them on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Contact tracing delay and a failure to reveal all threatens to spark Covid outbreak in regional Victoria theguardian.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
After delays and technical missteps, England on Thursday released a contact-tracing app that the government hopes will help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Follow our updates on the pandemic. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
When a handful of Indigenous people from an isolated tribe emerged from the forest, a Brazilian official sprang into action in an effort to safeguard them from the coronavirus. While tracing their footprints, a five-foot bamboo arrow pierced his chest. nyti.ms
@guardian5 years ago
Coronavirus Australia latest update: Victoria enlists NSW to boost contact tracing as hotel inquiry continues theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
An official at the World Health Organization urged African countries to ramp up coronavirus testing and contact tracing as she presented research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of people on the continent may have contracted the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Covid tracing of a migrant worker reveals a parallel universe and the inequalities that are invisible to most middle class Chinese. He was also an inconvenient truth to a government that prefers celebrating its success in eradicating extreme poverty. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The South African scientists who identified Omicron have some of the world’s most advanced expertise in tracing viruses. But they’re just one half of the country’s strategy to stop new Covid variants. The key tool in the other half? Nagging. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Australian government warned two weeks ago fake Covid check-in apps being used to by-pass contact tracing theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
How can Australia be so good at Covid testing and tracing, and so slow and inefficient with vaccines? Our bureau chief @damiencave explores the gap in this week's Australia Letter. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
A team of World Health Organization scientists tracing the origin of the pandemic in China said the coronavirus most likely spread to humans through an intermediate animal host and that it was “extremely unlikely” that it emerged during a lab accident. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Coronavirus live news: Thai PM urges people to 'just stay home'; Singapore will let police access contact-tracing data theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
From hotel to pizza shop to lockdown: has South Australia learned Victoria's Covid tracing lessons? theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Councils in England set to get greater Covid tracing powers theguardian.com
@guardian5 years ago
How to download the NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app theguardian.com
@guardian5 years ago
Victorian GPs push for a more active role in Covid contact tracing theguardian.com
@guardian5 years ago
UK coronavirus live: government falls short of contact-tracing target for ninth week in row theguardian.com