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Title: Apple and Google's contact tracing tech is coming to another U.S. state
Post by: HCK on August 19, 2020, 04:05:18 pm
Apple and Google's contact tracing tech is coming to another U.S. state

Pennsylvania is the latest to adopt Apple and Google's tech.

What you need to know


Pennsylvania has announced it is launching a contact tracing app in September.
The app uses Apple and Google's Exposure Notification technology.
It will also provide users with up to date case information about the pandemic.


Apple and Google's contact tracing technology is coming to Pennsylvania in the United States.

Reported by 6 ABC, Pennsylvania plans to launch a contact tracing app in September as part of the state's effort to curb the spread of the pandemic. The state has signed a $1.9 million contract with NearForm Ltd., the development company behind Ireland's contact tracing app that has been downloaded by over a quarter of their home country.

Pennsylvania's Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced the "COVID Alert PA" app at a press briefing on Tuesday. Health Department spokesperson April Hutcheson says that the app will enable a community effort to ensure that everyone stays sa...

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