Google says 20 states are considering contact tracing contact tracing apps – MarketWatch

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The technology lets app users track encounters with other individuals via Bluetooth and anonymously alert them if they end up being contaminated with the infection. Additionally, Google said public health authorities in more than a lots nations and regions had actually introduced apps using the Google-Apple tool, including Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland.