Contact tracing is the practice of identifying and notifying people at risk of contracting the virus from someone known to have been infected. Apple teamed up with rival Google to develop contact tracing technology. The patchwork of plans leaves open the possibility that contact tracing apps will be incompatible from one jurisdiction to another, as interprovincial travel slowly resumes. Contact tracing app TraceTogether was released by the Singapore government to curb the spread of the coronavirus. (Edgar Su/Reuters)Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called for a national contact tracing strategy.

Source: CBC News May 06, 2020 07:52 UTC