The spread of COVID-19 is tough to trace and even tougher to predict, but researchers at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University created an early warning system to help protect you from the virus ...

Despite very public messaging that the Bluetooth contact-tracing tools for COVID-19 developed by Google and Apple would not track users' locations, its implementation within Android operating systems ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Singapore kicked off a global rush to develop contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus when the city-state launched an apparently new system in March. But the project ...

Researchers said the R value can be reduced to 0.8 through tracing ‘in the most optimistic scenario’. Did you know with a Plus subscription to Shropshire Star you get full access to our award winning ...

France is calling on Apple to loosen its Bluetooth restrictions on iPhone that are said to be holding back a government contact-tracing app designed to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Apple currently ...

The NHS has published some of the first details of how a contact tracing app will work in the UK. Here is a closer look at what we know so far. – What is contact tracing? Contact tracing is the ...

Infectious disease specialist Professor David Heymann said that at present, apps are not effective enough to be used alone. Contract tracing apps cannot replace face-to-face or telephone conversations ...