Covid App Australia News. Australia Launches Controversial COVID-19 Tracking App as Some States Start Easing Rules By Reuters , Wire Service Content April 26, 2020 By Reuters , Wire Service Content April 26, 2020, at 2:59 a.m. The Australian’s Chris Griffith has spoken with Sky News about the federal government's COVID-Safe app and other similar tracing applications which have proven to be effective in countries. Australia's coronavirus tracing app, dubbed COVIDSafe, has been released as the nation seeks to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic.. For the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic read our.
Across Australia, the COVIDSafe app has been used in less than 30 coronavirus cases. That’s despite hundreds of new cases being detected since the software was launched in April. The COVIDSafe app is Australia’s latest measure in the fight against coronavirus. The mobile phone app uses location-based software and is designed to notify members of the public when they’ve been in close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 carrier.
Australia has had 6,800 COVID-19 cases, 5,800 patients have recovered, and 95 people have died with the virus. The CovidSafe App was launched in Australia just over a week ago.
The Covidsafe app was sold to Australians as a measure that would ‘save lives and protect lives’. But a series of flaws are causing problems for users – and at least one state health authority The death of a man in his 40s in Australia shows COVID-19 is not an old person's disease, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said.. SBS News App. Download our free app on the App Store. If anyone using the app tests positive to COVID-19, they would be asked to download their encrypted contact log and send it to the Government, which will store it in a central server in Australia. Morrison said the app, which is available on both iOS and Android devices, was “a trusted place of advice and information” for citizens about COVID-19. It builds on the new Australia.gov.au.
