Performance of the Swiss Digital Contact-Tracing App Over Various SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves: Repeated Cross-sectional Analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital proximity-tracing apps have been deployed in multiple countries to assist with SARS-CoV-2 pandemic mitigation efforts. However, it is unclear how their performance and effectiveness were affected by changing pandemic contexts and new viral variants of concern.

Objective

The aim of this study is to bridge these knowledge gaps through a countrywide digital proximity-tracing app effectiveness assessment, as guided by the World Health Organization/European Center for Prevention and Disease Control (WHO/ECDC) indicator framework to evaluate the public health effectiveness of digital proximity-tracing solutions.

Methods

We performed a descriptive analysis of the digital proximity-tracing app SwissCovid in Switzerland for 3 different periods where differen

SUBMITTER: Daniore P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9700234 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature