COVID-Alert

• 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
  
• Attempt to improve COVID Alert app stalls for lack of interest by provinces

  New data provided to Global News shows usage of the COVID Alert app declined in 2021 even as Health Canada tried to improve its functionality and increase its uptake.

  Health

  Dec 29, 2021
  
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• ‘A lot of blame to go around’: Health expert says governments not co-operating on COVID-19 app

  A new advisory panel report points to key reasons why so many Canadians may not be using the COVID Alert app correctly.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2021
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• 96% of Canadians who test positive for coronavirus aren’t using COVID Alert app properly

  Less 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.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2021
• 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
• 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
• Public health officials encourage Nova Scotians to download COVID Alert app, use it properly

  To date, Health Canada reports 5.3 million Canadians have downloaded the COVID-19 Alert application.

  Health

  Nov 20, 2020
• ‘We haven’t made a final decision’ on federal COVID-19 app, Alberta premier says

  When asked about bringing the federal COVID-19 app to Alberta, the premier said AB Trace Together is more efficient and aligns with the province's contact-tracing system.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2020
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• ‘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
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• Nova Scotia adopts COVID ALERT app

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

  Health

  Oct 15, 2020