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Only two provinces are using Ottawa’s COVID-19 contact tracing app. That will need to change if it’s going to work, experts say
It’s baffling that so few provinces are using the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, public health experts say, throwing into doubt its effectiveness. “The more Canadians using COVID Alert, the better the app will work and the safer we’ll all be,” Davidson said. “We would obviously like to seamlessly transition Albertans using the Alberta ABTraceTogether app to the federal app. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...Davidson said the federal government is “working closely with the government of Alberta on rolling out the app and switching Albertans from ABTraceTogether to COVID Alert.”COVID Alert uses Bluetooth technology so as not to track individuals’ locations. It exchanges anonymized codes with nearby phones and alerts a user if they’ve been near someone in the past two weeks who tested positive and who entered a code into the app.
Source: thestar September 03, 2020 21:48 UTC
