Use of Bluetooth contact tracing technology to model COVID-19 quarantine policies in high-risk closed populations.

ABSTRACT: Containment measures in high-risk closed settings, like migrant worker (MW) dormitories, are critical for mitigating emerging infectious disease outbreaks and protecting potentially vulnerable populations in outbreaks such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The direct impact of social distancing measures can be assessed through wearable contact tracing devices. Here, we developed an individual-based model using data collected through a Bluetooth wearable device that collected 33.6M and 52.8M contact events in two dormitories in Singapore, one apartment style and the other a barrack style, to assess the impact of measures to reduce the social contact of cases and their contacts. The simulation of highly detailed contact networks accounts for different infrastructural levels, including

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10259105 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature