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Potential reduction in transmission of COVID-19 by digital contact tracing systems

28 Aug 2020 | COVID-19

NEW RESEARCH — LINK TO FULL PDF 26 August 2020 Potential reduction in transmission of COVID-19 by digital contact tracing Executive Summary To maintain elimination of COVID-19, digital contact tracing systems should be designed to complement manual...

Managing the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak from border arrivals

21 Aug 2020 | COVID-19

NEW RESEARCH — LINK TO FULL PDF 20 August 2020 Managing the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak from border arrivals Executive Summary Weekly testing of all workers who have direct or indirect contact with border arrivals and quarantine residents will greatly...

How differing animal personalities impact on conservation efforts

19 Aug 2020 | News & Events

Te Pūnaha Matatini researcher Giorgia Vattiato (above) and colleagues, from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury, are modelling the effects of individual animal personalities in New Zealand on conservation efforts. The purpose...

Successful contact tracing systems for COVID-19 rely on effective quarantine and isolation

10 Aug 2020 | COVID-19

Updated 8 June 2021 Models of contact tracing often over-simplify the effects of quarantine and isolation on disease transmission. We develop a model that allows us to investigate the importance of these factors in reducing the effective reproduction number. We show...