Share this Story: Federal government silently 'gave up' on COVID Alert app months ago due to low uptakeFederal government silently 'gave up' on COVID Alert app months ago due to low uptake The revelation from Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Minister comes as the country grapples with massive numbers of new COVID-19 infections led by the Omicron variant Photo by Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian PressArticle content OTTAWA – The federal government quietly “gave up” on its COVID Alert contact tracing app and stopped supporting it months ago because of its “low” uptake, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Minister says. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Try refreshing your browser, or Federal government silently 'gave up' on COVID Alert app months ago due to low uptake Back to video “In actual fact, they’ve stopped supporting it and they stopped updating their dashboard. Article content But both the Google and Apple app stores show that the COVID Alert app has not received a single update since August and September, respectively. But that percentage jumped significantly in provinces where COVID Alert was more widely adopted, such as Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Source: National Post December 30, 2021 16:04 UTC