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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Eurosurveillance, 23(25), 2020

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.23.2000972

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Measuring the effectiveness of an automated text messaging active surveillance system for COVID-19 in the south of Ireland, March to April 2020

Journal article published in 2020 by Louise Kelly, Niamh Bambury, Rosalind Condon, Peter M. Barrett ORCID, 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.