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Why many countries failed at COVID contact-tracing — but some got it right

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  • Dyani Lewis

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Rich nations have struggled with one of the most basic and important methods for controlling infectious diseases.

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  • Dyani Lewis, 2020. "Why many countries failed at COVID contact-tracing — but some got it right," Nature, Nature, vol. 588(7838), pages 384-387, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:588:y:2020:i:7838:d:10.1038_d41586-020-03518-4
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-03518-4
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    1. Rosanna Glazik & Hannah Moore & David Kennedy & Hilary Bower & Hana Rohan & Ashley Sharp & Anna C Seale, 2021. "A snapshot of the practicality and barriers to COVID-19 interventions: Public health and healthcare workers’ perceptions in high and low- and middle-income countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(11), pages 1-18, November.
    2. Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée & Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng, 2021. "The Big Digital Contact Tracing Experiment," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(S6), pages 93-96, July.
    3. Elena Riza & Eleni Kakalou & Evangelia Nitsa & Ioannis Hodges-Mameletzis & Paraskevi Goggolidou & Agis Terzidis & Eleni Cardoso & Karl Philipp Puchner & Zisimos Solomos & Anastasia Pikouli & Eleni-Pan, 2021. "Appraisal of a Contact Tracing Training Program for COVID-19 in Greece Focusing on Vulnerable Populations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-16, September.
    4. Rini Rachmawati & Estuning Tyas Wulan Mei & Idea Wening Nurani & Rizki Adriadi Ghiffari & Amandita Ainur Rohmah & Martina Ayu Sejati, 2021. "Innovation in Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Best Practices from Five Smart Cities in Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-30, November.
    5. Alex R. Cook & Kwok Pui Choi & Weng Kee Wong, 2022. "Alex R. Cook, Kwok Pui Choi and Weng Kee Wong's contribution to the ‘First Discussion Meeting on Statistical Aspects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic’," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 185(4), pages 1826-1827, October.
    6. Mohanty, Aatishya & Sharma, Swati, 2022. "COVID-19 regulations, culture, and the environment," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    7. Esra Ozdenerol & Rebecca Michelle Bingham-Byrne & Jacob Seboly, 2023. "Female Leadership during COVID-19: The Effectiveness of Diverse Approaches towards Mitigation Management during a Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(21), pages 1-36, November.

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    SARS-CoV-2; Epidemiology;

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