How backward contact tracing could help us get to COVID normal

Oct 9, 2020

by Michael Mackenzie on Life Matters

Reverse or ‘backwards’ contact tracing is being pursued in an effort to squash clusters of coronavirus cases.

But mystery cases are holding things back and this may be a problem for the easing of restrictions and border openings across the country.

Now that numbers are lower it’s possible to try some different ways of managing outbreaks, which could be the ticket to helping us live with the virus.

How backward contact tracing could help us get to COVID normal by Michael Mackenzie on Life Matters

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