Hello Urs,

very nice post. And the video was very good as well to help understand what corona-tracer is all about.  

Here, in Brazil, I don´t think there´s a specific program like that.  In my city, people who are identified as having the virus are told to stay home for 14 days and they have to wait, 9 days, I guess, so they can be tested, which, they say, is the necessary time for the virus to show on the scan test.  But I don´t think they do any kind of contact tracing to warn whoever has been in touch with the infected person.

My brother was infected three months ago and the disease developed in a strong form. He had to be admitted in a hospital.  Those were some scary days, both for him and for us.  Usually, peope who are admitted don´t have contact with their family outside, except for a daily report we can get from the hospital´s social worker.  But, fortunately, my brother managed to take a cell phone along so we could be in touch with him and we were able to know how everything was progressing.  Fortunately, he had a good recovery and came back home about one week later.  

Now, news is that the number of cases are going back up.  And people are not showing signs of being more careful.  We had elections in november which cause a lot of assembling of people and, I think, contributed to increasing the number of contaminations.

I hope, with Chystmas coming up, that people are responsible and be careful with the way they celebrate it.