coronavirus exposure notification app in Ontario on Friday after weeks of delay.The ‘COVID Alert’ app aims to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in Canada by notifying a user when they have been in close contact with another user who tested positive for the virus.
The government describes it as an exposure notification app — not a contact-tracing app — as it does not track personal data.
National contact tracing app begins beta testing after delay “This app does not replace contact tracing — a critical public health function.
Contact tracing will continue to be performed manually by local public health authorities,” the government said in a statement.The exposure notification app was supposed to be launched in Ontario at the.