Despite requests from the ABC, the Government has not yet released the evidence it is relying on to roll out a contact tracing app. "I don't buy any argument that we need to give up privacy to ...

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It's kind of like being a detective, although it's all virtual," said Dr. George Rutherford, a UCSF professor of epidemiology and the principal investigator for the contact tracing program.

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Newark on Thursday detailed its new contact tracing program as New Jersey's largest city looks to stop the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.