Measuring the Effectiveness of an Automated Text Messaging Active Surveillance System for COVID-19 in the South of Ireland, March to April 2020

Overview

Journal Euro Surveill

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2020 Jun 20

PMID 32553064

Citations 12

Authors

Peter M Barrett

Niamh Bambury

Louise Kelly

Rosalind Condon

Janice Crompton

Anne Sheahan

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Abstract

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.

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