App sees Ireland take leap into Covid tracing unknown

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Irish health officials say an uptake of about 60% is good, although any uptake has its benefits

In Germany, the uptake was 20-25%. Norway pulled its tracing app after concerns were raised by the data privacy watchdog there and the UK has ditched its original app in favour of something new in the autumn..

The HSE may also phone you if you are identified as a close contact by the existing manual contact tracing system. The HSE says the app can reduce the time to trace a close contact from days to hours. That’s important, as people may forget, or not know their close contacts. People need to have an up to date operating system on their phone and an iPhone6 or better, or Android 7 or better to use the app.

 

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