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Province Promotes Covid Alert App

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Ontario continues to encourage people to download an app that sends alerts if you’ve been near someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

It was developed in Ontario and is now in place in seven provinces, including Manitoba.

Premier Doug Ford says 26,000 government workers are using it.

“As government employees, we work for you. Those government cell phones, they’re your property. This is a small, very small, but important way that we can lead by example,” Ford says.

Treasury Board president Peter Bethlenfalvy says it is working.

“Over 1,000 one-time keys have been entered by app users in Ontario who have received confirmed positive COVID-19 test results, notifying tens of thousands of Ontarians of a potential exposure, so that they can take the necessary public health precautions,” Bethlenfalvy explains.

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National COVID-19 App Out Soon: Hajdu

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The Health Minister says the pilot for the country’s COVID-19 tracking wasn’t released on time because it needed more fine-tuning.

Patty Hajdu says they weren’t ready to launch earlier this month as planned. The app was supposed to pilot in Ontario on July 2nd before launching nationally.

“We know from user science, user behaviour that when people download an app that doesn’t work, they often abandon the app,” Hajdu said. “The success to this app is actually a large portion of Canadians using it, and so it was worth the time and extra energy to make sure that the app was tested and thoroughly debugged to make sure that it would be a pleasant user experience.”

The contact tracing app is currently in a final phase of testing and Hajdu says it will be out as soon as possible.