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Alberta engineer suggests province adopt federal COVID-19 contact tracing appAn Alberta engineer argues the province would be better off adopting the federal COVID-19 contact tracing app rather than continuing with their own.HealthMar 20, 2021
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‘A lot of blame to go around’: Health expert says governments not co-operating on COVID-19 appA new advisory panel report points to key reasons why so many Canadians may not be using the COVID Alert app correctly.CanadaMar 20, 2021
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96% of Canadians who test positive for coronavirus aren’t using COVID Alert app properlyLess than four per cent of Canadians who tested positive for COVID-19 have used the federal COVID Alert app to warn people of possible exposure to the virus.CanadaMar 17, 2021
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ABTraceTogether app has been used to track just 19 cases of COVID-19Alberta's COVID-19 contact-tracing app, which has been downloaded 268,064 times and cost $625,000, has only been used to track close contacts of 19 positive cases since it launched in May.TechNov 17, 2020
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‘Not the year to have a Halloween party’ due to COVID-19: NenshiMayor Naheed Nenshi and Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) chief Tom Sampson urged Calgarians to slow to the spread of COVID-19 over Halloween.HealthOct 28, 2020
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Alberta will switch over to national coronavirus tracing appAlberta will be switching over to the national version of a COVID-19 tracing app, although the timeline on when that will happen is unclear.PoliticsAug 9, 2020
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Kenney says federal government told Apple, Google not to work with Alberta on contact tracing appsThe ABTraceTogether app was launched May 1, by the province and Alberta Health Services, and uses Bluetooth to more accurately and efficiently identify contacts of a confirmed COVID-19 case.HealthJul 13, 2020
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Alberta’s COVID-19 contact-tracing app a ‘security risk’ on Apple devices: privacy commissionerAlberta's privacy commissioner says there is a potential security risk while using the ABTraceTogether app on Apple devices.HealthJul 9, 2020
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iOS update will allow ABTraceTogether app to work in background on iPhonesThe province launched the app earlier this month to help speed up contact tracing when there is a confirmed case of COVID-19.TechMay 21, 2020
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Provinces eye technology-enhanced contact tracing in next phase of COVID-19 fightAlberta is currently the only Canadian jurisdiction to have a contact-tracing app available to download, but several other provinces, including Ontario, B.C. and New Brunswick, have said they are investigating this technology.HealthMay 6, 2020
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