Contact Tracing App

• ‘Not the year to have a Halloween party’ due to COVID-19: Nenshi

  Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) chief Tom Sampson urged Calgarians to slow to the spread of COVID-19 over Halloween.

  Health

  Oct 28, 2020
  
• University of Saskatchewan professor raises questions over untraceable coronavirus cases

  The province's data shows about 30 per cent of all of the coronavirus cases in Saskatchewan are untraceable.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2020
  
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• Canadian military asks troops to use government’s COVID Alert app

  Chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance painted the app as one way Canadian soldiers can ``be a tremendous force for good."

  Canada

  Sep 3, 2020
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• Apple, Google building coronavirus tracing tech directly into phone software

  The move could make it much easier for people in the U.S. to get the tool on their phone even if their local public health agency hasn't built its own compatible app.

  Tech

  Sep 2, 2020
• Hearings on Quebec contact tracing app raise privacy concerns

  Questions continue to pile up over the government's COVID-19 tracking app.

  Health

  Aug 13, 2020
• Many seniors don’t own a smartphone. Experts say it might be a ‘gap’ in tracking apps

  Since the method is reliant on owning a smartphone, it might miss the mark with some demographics, experts say.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2020
• Germany launches coronavirus contact tracing app ⁠— Here’s how it works

  Since there is no cure for COVID-19, governments have turned to technology to create a sort of digital 'herd immunity' against the flu-like disease.

  Tech

  Jun 15, 2020
• Privacy must be foremost in efforts to track and trace COVID-19, says B.C. watchdog

  B.C.'s privacy watchdog says government and industry must collect the minimum amount of information necessary to stop COVID-19, and destroy it securely when the crisis is over.

  Health

  May 23, 2020
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• iOS update will allow ABTraceTogether app to work in background on iPhones

  The province launched the app earlier this month to help speed up contact tracing when there is a confirmed case of COVID-19.

  Tech

  May 21, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Canadian employers using thermal cameras, location-tracking smartphone apps against COVID-19

  Some companies are even requiring their employees to download a smartphone app.

  May 10, 2020