TRENTON - New Jersey on Thursday announced a free smartphone app that notifies users of possible exposure to the coronavirus.
Alert NJ is part of a regional cohort of apps designed to quell the spread of coronavirus across state lines. New York also rolled out its version of the app on Thursday.
The apps are said to be "crucial tools to supplement the effort to trace and contact individuals subject to a COVID exposure."New Jersey and New York join a network already comprised of Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Connecticut will reportedly roll out its coronavirus exposure alert app in the near future. FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUSUsers will be notified of potential exposure to coronavirus is they are within 6 feet or 10 minutes of another user who.