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Eurosurv. Measuring the effectiveness of an automated text messaging active surveillance system for COVID-19 in the south of Ireland, March to April 2

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  • Measuring the effectiveness of an automated text messaging active surveillance system for COVID-19 in the south of Ireland, March to April 2020
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  • Peter M Barrett[SUP]1,2[/SUP] , Niamh Bambury[SUP]1[/SUP] , Louise Kelly[SUP]3[/SUP] , Rosalind Condon[SUP]1[/SUP] , Janice Crompton[SUP]1[/SUP] , Anne Sheahan[SUP]1[/SUP] , on behalf of the regional Department of Public Health[SUP]1,2,3[/SUP]
We report the effectiveness of automated text messaging for active surveillance of asymptomatic close contacts of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Cork/Kerry region of Ireland. In the first 7 weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak, 1,336 close contacts received 12,421 automated texts. Overall, 120 contacts (9.0%) reported symptoms which required referral for testing and 35 (2.6%) tested positive for COVID-19. Non-response was high (n = 2,121; 17.1%) and this required substantial clinical and administrative resources for follow-up.

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.23.2000972#html_fulltext
 
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