Oxford University explores feasibility of coronavirus tracing mobile app

A team of medical research and bioethics experts at Oxford University is supporting several European governments to explore the feasibility of a coronavirus (COVID-19) mobile app for instant contact tracing.

According to Oxford, the team has provided European governments, including the U.K., with evidence to support the feasibility of developing a contact tracing mobile app that is instant, could be widely deployed and should be implemented with appropriate ethical considerations.

“Coronavirus is unlike previous epidemics and requires multiple inter-dependent containment strategies," said Professor Christophe Fraser from Oxford University’s Big Data Institute, Nuffield…