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Contact tracing is currently a manual and laborious task that requires individuals to recall their interactions with people many days in the past. As a remedy, phones can be used to play a significant role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, by easing the burden of healthcare staff. Through novel and sophisticated technology, apps can be used to track infected people, issue quarantine guidelines, and provide the latest news to the public. Along with general public measures, apps can contribute significantly to keeping infection levels low. Generally, digital contract tracing can identify and warn people who may be at risk of being infected because they were in close physical proximity of someone who later tested positive for COVID-19.
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Florvaag, P.M., Kjeldsberg, H.A., Mitusch, S.K. (2022). Chapter 2 Smittestopp for Android and iOS. In: Elmokashfi, A., Lysne, O., Naumova, V. (eds) Smittestopp − A Case Study on Digital Contact Tracing. Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05466-2_2
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