Google is working with the Health Service Executive to try and fix a reported issue with the Covid Tracker app which is rapidly draining the battery for some Android phone users. We are working with the developer to fix this as soon as possible.”The number of people who have received close contact alerts through the Republic’s Covid Tracker app has reached 137 since the app was launched on July 7th. Of those 137 close contact alerts, 129 people have subsequently chosen to speak to the HSE’s contact tracing team for advice and to be offered testing. Latest figures from the HSE show that as of Sunday evening, 1,573,020 people had downloaded the app. The tracker app was developed for the HSE by Waterford company Nearform.

Source: The Irish Times August 09, 2020 17:48 UTC