Coronavirus: contact tracing explained

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WHO says Covid-19 patient tracing should be ‘backbone of the response’

This is one of the most basic planks of public health responses to a pandemic. It means literally tracking down anyone that somebody with an infection may have had contact with in the days before they became ill.

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