1. contact tracing - Noun
2. contact tracing - Verb
contact tracing (countable and uncountable, plural contact tracings)
(epidemiology) The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.
contact tracing
present participle of contact trace
contact-tracing (countable and uncountable, plural contact-tracings)
Alternative form of contact tracing.
contact-tracing
present participle of contact-trace
contact-tracing
A flurry of contact-tracing followed the announcement since Macron had recently been in contact with several other world leaders. Source: Internet
'Amnesty has written to the Health Secretary setting out key principles to inform the UK Government's decision about any roll-out of the current choice of COVID-19 contact-tracing app. Source: Internet
But many current contact-tracing apps have — for example leaking a user’s location information or taking away people’s control over their own data. Source: Internet
Contact tracing apps work by exchanging Bluetooth handshakes with smartphones around them, recording times that users come into contact with potential coronavirus carriers. Source: Internet
Apple and Google released underlying technology that allows public health authorities to create their own contact-tracing apps. Source: Internet
Apple, Google and a number of states, as well as European countries, are working to develop contact-tracing apps that can show whether someone has crossed paths with an infected person. Source: Internet