on Wednesday revealed more than 700,000 COVID-19 case alerts have been sent to NSW residents via the state’s check-in app in the past three weeksThe feature, which launched in late September, allows people to view locations they have visited in the past four weeks, with a red “COVID-19 case alert” icon appearing if a venue listed is an exposure site.
Software developer Jim Mussared pointed to the success of examples such as the UK’s NHS COVID-19 app and New Zealand’s NZ COVID tracer app and have “better privacy controls about how data is managed and stored”. More than 93 per cent of NSW residents have received a first dose of vaccine and about 85 per cent are double-dosed.
Rabe9 lucy_carroll What! Only now? I presumed it was doing this all along
Rabe9 lucy_carroll you mean it wasn’t doing that to begin with? I’m-
Rabe9 lucy_carroll I actually got it on mine! Turned out a Coles supermarket I shopped at yesterday was an exposure site, a 'monitor for symptoms' alert. It's probably unlikely I was anywhere near the case in question.
Rabe9 lucy_carroll Within days - wow. So it's another software developer afterthought ? 🙄
Rabe9 lucy_carroll 🤣 good luck with that!
Covid19NSW Rabe9 lucy_carroll Of course it will work!
Covid19NSW Rabe9 lucy_carroll
Rabe9 lucy_carroll So we can create a pandemic vaccination in less time than an app? Seems odd.
Rabe9 lucy_carroll Complete madness
Rabe9 lucy_carroll Oh yeah sure. Ain’t we been promised this before?
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