Help speed up contact tracing with TraceTogether

默认标题_自定义px_2021-02-23-0.pngTry recalling who you met two weekends ago. Can you name everyone you met and talked to that day? 

Help speed up contact tracing with TraceTogether

Chances are, probably not. And even if you did, there’s a good chance you might not have all their contacts. 

Help speed up contact tracing with TraceTogether

These are some of the problems that come up during contact tracing after a COVID-19 case is confirmed. It is a complex and arduous process of interviewing the patient, listing down everything they did in the past 14 days, and identifying every person they had come into close contact with. Yet, it is a crucial step to detect further cases and preventing further possible spread of the virus. 

Help speed up contact tracing with TraceTogether

To mitigate these problems, SGUnited, GovTech and the Ministry of Health have come up with a way for Singaporeans to track close contacts should the need arise – through a simple app.Using Bluetooth, TraceTogether identifies other nearby phones with the app installed. It then tracks when you are in close proximity with these other persons, including timestamps. If the need arises, this information can then be used to identify close contacts based on the proximity and duration of an encounter between the two users.

Help speed up contact tracing with TraceTogetherHelp speed up contact tracing with TraceTogether

Help speed up contact tracing with TraceTogetherHelp speed up contact tracing with TraceTogether

Faster contact tracing when infection is confirmed

Once an individual is confirmed with the virus, he can choose to allow MOH to access the data in the app to help identify close contacts. While this will not replace the contact tracing process, it is a useful addition – especially when there are problems with recall.

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