The case underscores just how challenging contact tracing can be. And, according to a new study, the problem is not only recalcitrant citizens
A legal quarantine order was issued, which the man vowed to ignore as he travelled to and from Quebec. He also appealed the directive, questioning in part whether the pandemic actually existed. The tribunal upheld the public-health order last week.
“If you don’t do it well, if you do it with long delays, the contribution will be very small,” said Carl-Etienne Juneau, co-author of the review paper. “Once people start having symptoms, you have to act very quickly.” Juneau, a public-health PhD who works for Montreal public health, and colleagues at the University of Montreal found 32 observational and modelling studies on contact tracing for COVID-19. They were not the most rigorous type of research, but 30 of them concluded the measure is an effective way to contain an epidemic, said the paper, which has yet to be peer reviewed.
After delays earlier in the pandemic, it seems at least some Canadian jurisdictions are meeting those contact-tracing deadlines now.Article content continued
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