© Provided by The Canadian PressOTTAWA — Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued in the coming days, a federal government source tells The Canadian Press. But it requires users to enter a one-time key, given to them when they receive a positive PCR test result, and with many provinces replacing PCR testing with rapid testing, the user keys are not being given out. The COVID Alert App cost $20 million, with the majority of that — $15.9 million — spent on promotion and advertising, and another $3.5 million on developing and maintaining the app. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 13, 2022. The Canadian Press

Source: CBC News June 14, 2022 03:22 UTC