St Andrews links with data scientists to track Covid-19

Medical scientists at the University of St Andrews have joined forces with data scientists Blue Hat Associates to further medical research and understanding about the spread of Covid-19 within the community. How Covid-19 spreads within the community and individual households remains uncertain as current data is based on people who receive medical care. A Covid-19 tracker app allows people to share data on the members of their household including symptoms. This research, one of three research projects awarded to St Andrews as part of the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Rapid Research programme, aims to extract key information from households’ reports of