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contact tracing

Health department scraps quarantine, isolation requirements for asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts
Coronavirus
/ 24 December 2021

Health department scraps quarantine, isolation requirements for asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts

The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December

By Marcia Zali
Advisors suggest end to quarantine of asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts
Coronavirus
/ 21 December 2021

Advisors suggest end to quarantine of asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts

According to the ministerial advisory committee, the quarantine period for “high-risk contacts” of Covid-19 patients is not an effective measure for containing the spread of the virus

By Marcia Zali
Tracking, tracing and transparency
Coronavirus
/ 18 October 2020

Tracking, tracing and transparency

Governments are processing tons of personal information to limit the spread of Covid-19. They must ensure this does not cost us our privacy

By Robyn Pasensie and Isäm Bartlett
Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19
Coronavirus
/ 11 June 2020

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

By Mandeep Tiwana and Marianna Belalba Barreto
The ethics of Covid-19 status disclosure: To tell or not to tell?
Article
/ 2 May 2020

The ethics of Covid-19 status disclosure: To tell or not to tell?

The trick is to find the balance between people’s right to privacy and the need for contact tracing to limit the spread of the disease

By Ido Aniekan, Akpabio Akpabio and Utibe Effiong

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