COVID Partnership. Rideshare + Contact Tracing

Who: Uber

What is Uber’s contact tracing partnership? Quietly offering, free of charge,  local health authorities information of riders or drives who have been in contact with a COVID infected person

How are the numbers of this contact tracing shaping up?

  • 560 coronavirus-related requests from public health departments
  • covering 29 countries
  • Most requests are processed within 2 hours

Reuters | Uber offers COVID-19 contact tracing help amid chaotic U.S. response