Covasim: an agent-based model of COVID-19 dynamics and interventions

CC Kerr, RM Stuart, D Mistry… - PLOS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for models that can project epidemic
trends, explore intervention scenarios, and estimate resource needs. Here we describe the …

The epidemiological impact of the NHS COVID-19 app

C Wymant, L Ferretti, D Tsallis, M Charalambides… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the emergence of digital contact tracing to help to
prevent the spread of the disease. A mobile phone app records proximity events between …

An agent-based modeling of COVID-19: validation, analysis, and recommendations

MS Shamil, F Farheen, N Ibtehaz, IM Khan… - Cognitive …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in an ongoing pandemic
worldwide. Countries have adopted non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) to slow down …

Time to evaluate COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

V Colizza, E Grill, R Mikolajczyk, C Cattuto… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
To the Editor—Digital contact tracing is a public-health intervention. Real-time monitoring
and evaluation of the effectiveness of app-based contact tracing is key for improvement and …

Controlling COVID-19 via test-trace-quarantine

CC Kerr, D Mistry, RM Stuart, K Rosenfeld… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Initial COVID-19 containment in the United States focused on limiting mobility, including
school and workplace closures. However, these interventions have had enormous societal …

Early evidence of effectiveness of digital contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland

M Salathé, CL Althaus, N Anderegg, D Antonioli… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
In the wake of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), contact tracing has
become a key element of strategies to control the spread of severe acute respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations for the design and implementation of COVID-19 contact tracing apps: scoping review

E Osmanlliu, E Rafie, S Bédard, J Paquette… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Given the magnitude and speed of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, achieving timely
and effective manual contact tracing has been a challenging task. Early in the pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of COVID-19 contact tracing apps: A balance between privacy and effectiveness

E Seto, P Challa, P Ware - Journal of medical Internet research, 2021 - jmir.org
With the relative ubiquity of smartphones, contact tracing and exposure notification apps
have been looked to as novel methods to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Many …

Anatomy of digital contact tracing: Role of age, transmission setting, adoption, and case detection

JA Moreno López, B Arregui García, P Bentkowski… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The efficacy of digital contact tracing against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
epidemic is debated: Smartphone penetration is limited in many countries, with low …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to the large-scale adoption of a COVID-19 contact tracing app in Germany: Survey study

AG Blom, A Wenz, C Cornesse, T Rettig, M Fikel… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, one way to reduce further transmissions of
SARS-CoV-2 is the widespread use of contact tracing apps. Such apps keep track of …