Epidemiological impacts of the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales throughout its first year

Michelle Kendall; Daphne Tsallis; Chris Wymant; Andrea Di Francia; Yakubu Balogun; Xavier Didelot; Luca Ferretti; Christophe Fraser

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36495-z

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Epidemiological impacts of the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales throughout its first year

Michelle Kendall,
Daphne Tsallis,
Chris Wymant,
Andrea Di Francia,
Yakubu Balogun,
Xavier Didelot,
Luca Ferretti,
Christophe Fraser

Affiliations

Michelle Kendall: Department of Statistics, University of Warwick
Daphne Tsallis: Zühlke Engineering Ltd
Chris Wymant: Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Old Road Campus, University of Oxford
Andrea Di Francia: UK Health Security Agency, Nobel House
Yakubu Balogun: UK Health Security Agency, Nobel House
Xavier Didelot: Department of Statistics, University of Warwick
Luca Ferretti: Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Old Road Campus, University of Oxford
Christophe Fraser: Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Old Road Campus, University of Oxford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36495-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The NHS COVID-19 digital contact tracing app was designed to notify people of potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Here, the authors summarise the uptake and engagement with the app in its first year, and estimate its epidemiological impact in terms of numbers of cases, hospitalisations, and deaths averted.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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