Covid Alert App

• Ottawa shuts down COVID Alert app with pandemic easing in Canada

  COVID Alert cost $20 million, with $15.9 million spent on promotion and advertising, and another $3.5 million on developing and maintaining it.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2022
  
• COVID Alert app cost feds $20M but results ‘did not meet expectations’: new data

  The relatively low number of Canadians who have used the app has led to disappointing results, according to Dr. Esli Osmanlliu of the McGill University Health Centre.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2021
  
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• Alberta contact-tracing app has been used in just 32 COVID-19 cases to date

  AB Trace Together has been used to track 32 positive cases and identify 141 close contacts, meaning it's been used in about 0.028 per cent of cases.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2021
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• Pressure grows for Alberta and B.C. to join COVID Alert app as cases surge

  Both have their reasons for not signing on, but with contact tracing resources stretched to the max, experts say the merit behind those reasons is weakening.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2020
• Few Manitobans using COVID Alert App to report testing positive: data

  Data from the province shows that few Manitobans are using the federal COVID Alert App to report testing positive for the virus.

  Health

  Nov 25, 2020
• Trudeau says Alberta government fanning the flames of ‘political division’

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about political division, COVID-19, Alberta's economy and the confidence in his own government while appearing on 630 CHED.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2020
• ‘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
• B.C.’s top doctor says COVID-19 app would ’cause more concern’ if activated in the province

  Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia has been pushing back against the federal COVID-19 app because 'we believe [it] would cause more concern and frustration.'

  Health

  Oct 27, 2020
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• Prince Edward Island activates federal COVID-19 exposure notification app

  Islanders who test positive for COVID-19 can enter a key from Public Health into the application, which will activate the app's notification function.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2020
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• Nova Scotia hoping to introduce COVID Alert app in near future

  The app has already been introduced in several provinces in Canada, and its usage is expected to continue growing.

  Health

  Oct 1, 2020