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COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics Nature - For all the controversy over decentralized contact-tracing apps, data show that these privacy-preserving tools saved thousands of lives during the pandemic. National and international... Salathé, Marcel nature

...To harness this potentially transformative tool in future, policymakers and other stakeholders must heed the evidence — and the lessons — now emerging from its use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Global COVID markers show few hot spots as XBB.1.16 overtakes XBB.1.5 CIDRAP

Some countries continue to report high COVID-19 burdens, reflected mainly in hospitalization and death data, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest weekly update. ..

CDC data show 31% COVID-19 vaccine protection against Omicron in nursing home residents Vaccine effectiveness among nursing home residents up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines is 31.2%, study finds. CIDRAP

Vaccine effectiveness (VE) among nursing home residents up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines is 31.2%, according to new research in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Reported levels of global COVID-19 decrease as XBB.1.5 seen across Europe, US CIDRAP

The World Health Organization (WHO) posted its weekly epidemiologic update yesterday on  COVID-19, which shows decreases in new cases across all global regions. All regions, except Africa, also reported decreases in deaths from the virus.