Bluetooth-powered COVID-19 Contact Tracing App launched in South Africa
Nokwanda Kubheka The National Department of Health’s digital COVID-19 response programme recently launched the app, COVID Alert SA. The app utilises bluetooth contact-tracing technology to make people aware if they come into contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 – therefore helping to slow the spread of COVID-19 and alleviate the pandemic’s effects on the economy and society of South Africa. Contact tracing is done by finding people who have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. This is done to let them know that they may have been exposed to the disease, and makes itRead More →