Explainer: What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tracing-explainer/explainer-what-is-contact-tracing-and-how-can-it-help-fight-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKCN21W2N3
Contact tracing has been used for decades to control the spread of infectious diseases. The basic idea is simple: track down infected people, then find everyone who has been near them and encourage those people to stay home until it is clear they are not sick.
Explainer: What is contact tracing and how can it help fight the new coronavirus?
Apr 14, 2020, 7:28pm UTC
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tracing-explainer/explainer-what-is-contact-tracing-and-how-can-it-help-fight-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKCN21W2N3
>Contact tracing has been used for decades to control the spread of infectious diseases. The basic idea is simple: track down infected people, then find everyone who has been near them and encourage those people to stay home until it is clear they are not sick.