contact tracing
The Health Service Executive in Ireland has indicated that the COVID-19 tracker app will be downloadable from Google and Apple app stores, subject to final government approval.
The new app will use Bluetooth tech and will likely launch in July in Ottawa.
This news comes a little over a month after the UK said it would opt for a centralized contact-tracing model in lieu of Apple-Google's decentralized one.
The first batch of these devices will be delivered in the later half of this month, said Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative.
The app and kit intend to use proximity alerts, contact tracing and health monitoring to help keep employees safe from COVID-19.
According to an Amnesty International investigation, personal information, including names, national ID numbers, health status and location data could have been exposed.
Opt-in "Exposure Notifications" are included in new operating system updates on both companies' platforms and available now to worldwide public health agencies.
WHO also released guidelines about contact tracing for the coronavirus yesterday.
Also - wearable devices, contact tracing apps and remote consultations in this week's MobiHealthNews Roundup.
Also Chinese startup develops smartglasses that can detect temperature.