Contact tracing

One second is all it takes: It’s easy to catch COVID-19

The crazy story that proves how easy it is to get infected with COVID-19

View of a doorway at hotel Washington, where journalists wait in quarantine prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2021. Picture taken July 3, 2021.
Passengers queue at the Kenya Airways ticket sales counter to book flights as several airlines have stopped flying out of South Africa, amidst the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 28, 2021.

COVID-19 Omicron: Government privacy authority questions Shin Bet tracking

Israeli soldiers at the IDF Corona Task Force Headquarters as they conduct epidemiological investigations as part of the army's effort to trace chains of infection to curb the spread of coronavirus, Ramle, Israel, September 17, 2020

IDF says it will stop monitoring social media for coronavirus violations

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MAKOM and JNF find creative ways to help communities fight COVID


Google says 20 US states, territories 'exploring' contact tracing apps

The technology enables app users to track encounters with other people through Bluetooth signals and anonymously notify contacts if they later become infected with the virus.

An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018.

Did haredi MKs block lockdown lifting to prevent Shabbat desecration?

"Regardless of coronavirus, Shabbat has protected us as we have protected it throughout all of the generations."

Border Police go about coronavirus inspections in Mea Shearim, a haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem.

New contact-tracing app to notifying users of coronavirus diagnoses

A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the app was "obviously a key part of the surveillance program going forward," and that the government would set out more details when it could.

3D medical animation still shot showing the structure of a coronavirus

Israeli contact tracing app raises privacy concerns in US

“The data is basically public. So not even the government owns it."

The Private Kit mobile app, which aims to help authorities with contact tracing efforts to curb the spread of a novel coronavirus, seen on a phone in this picture illustration taken April 9, 2020.

IDF to begin contact tracing on Tuesday

“The IDF’s involvement is very important because it is a system that can work quickly,” said coronavirus commissioner Ronni Gamzu.

Ronni Gamzu visits the Home Front Command on July 29, 2020

Corona ‘czar’ Gamzu to present strategic plan by Tuesday

IDF to play ‘significant role’ in contact tracing • Death toll continues to rise

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein meets with Sourasky Medical Center CEO Ronni Gamzu on July 20, 2020