Utah rejects Apple and Google, builds its own contact tracing solutionUtah is going on its own path for contact tracing.
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Utah is ditching Apple and Google's contact tracing solution.
It is instead going with its own app built by a social media startup.
The app uses both Bluetooth and GPS to track potential exposure between people.
Uta is taking contact tracing into its own hands and has tasked a social media startup to build its app, according to a report by CNBC. The app, called Healthy Together, has been downloaded by 45,000 people in the state so far.
"More than 45,000 people have signed up for Utah's contact tracing app, Healthy Together, since it was released in late April, the app's developers told CNBC. That represents about 2% of the state's population, but could still be helpful to the state's health department as they attempt to track and notify people who might have been exposed."
The app was built by Twenty, a social media startup who was contracted by the state of Utah. According to Utahpolicy.com, the stat...
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Utah rejects Apple and Google, builds its own contact tracing solution
