Epidemiological changes on the Isle of Wight after the launch of the NHS Test and Trace programme: a preliminary analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In May 2020, the UK National Health Service (NHS) Test and Trace programme was launched in England in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme was first rolled out on the Isle of Wight and included version 1 of the NHS contact tracing app. The aim of the study was to make a preliminary assessment of the epidemiological impact of the Test and Trace programme using publicly available data.

Methods

We used COVID-19 daily case data from Public Health England to infer incidence of new infections and estimate the reproduction number (R) for each of the 150 Upper-Tier Local Authorities (UTLAs) in England and nationally, before and after the launch of the Test and Trace programme on the Isle of Wight. We used Bayesian and maximum-likelihood methods to estimate R a

SUBMITTER: Kendall M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7556784 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature