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Academics: The ethics of instantaneous contract tracing using mobile phone apps in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, 16 April 2020

Paper prepared by academics on contact tracing.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 1 May 2020

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Academics: The ethics of instantaneous contract tracing using mobile phone apps in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, 16 April 2020

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341146059_Ethics_of_instantaneous_contact_tracing_using_mobile_phone_apps_in_the_control_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic

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Paper by academics on the ethics of contact tracing in efforts to control COVID-19 outbreaks. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 24 on 9 April 2020, but not considered or discussed in the meeting. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 1 May 2020