Contact Tracing
latest news & developments
Passenger dies in SA as rare virus linked to international cruise ship outbreak
Health officials are monitoring possible exposures in Gauteng after passengers linked to a deadly cruise ship outbreak passed through South Africa, with one patient in critical…
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
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…
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
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
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