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By KTAR
A COVID-19 contact tracing app launched by the University of Arizona in August has reduced coronavirus transmission by 12%, according to university analysts.
“A 12% reduction in that transmission doesn’t just mean that you have a reduction in that next wave of cases but every subsequent wave of cases,” College of Public Health professor Kacey Ernst said in a press release. “If one in eight can benefit from this, that’s pretty good. It’s easy to use, and the benefit keeps increasing as more people use it.”
The COVID Watch Arizona app is fully anonymous and works by exchanging random codes between app users’ phones via Bluetooth when they are near each other instead of tracking users’ locations.
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