Modeling the effect of exposure notification and non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 transmission in Washington state.

ABSTRACT: Contact tracing is increasingly used to combat COVID-19, and digital implementations are now being deployed, many based on Apple and Google's Exposure Notification System. These systems utilize non-traditional smartphone-based technology, presenting challenges in understanding possible outcomes. In this work, we create individual-based models of three Washington state counties to explore how digital exposure notifications combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions influence COVID-19 disease spread under various adoption, compliance, and mobility scenarios. In a model with 15% participation, we found that exposure notification could reduce infections and deaths by approximately 8% and 6% and could effectively complement traditional contact tracing. We believe this can provide heal

SUBMITTER: Abueg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7955120 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature