Covid 19 Exposure Notifications System App - Covid-19 Realtime Info
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Covid 19 exposure notifications system app. Now available in beta form for registered apple developers ios 137 will allow users to opt into covid 19 exposure notifications without downloading a local public health systems app. Tap on enable to turn on the function. If youve been exposed to someone who has shared that they have covid 19 your app will notify you and give you further instructions. How your phone got the update.
The app was built by uab and motionmobs a birmingham based software company using apple and googles exposure notification system. Apple in ios 135 introduced an exposure notification api which lets apps from public health authorities and governments worldwide help people figure out if theyve been exposed to covid 19 and. This starts with exposure notifications on your smartphone which enable contact tracing apps to send you a notification if youve likely been exposed to covid 19. If you have covid 19 you may share that info with your app to help alert the people that youve been in contact with.
Contact tracing apps will be. This is where youll be able to report your covid 19 status. Ios 137 lets you opt in to the covid 19 exposure notifications system without the need to download an app. As you can see apple and googles exposure notifications system isnt a complete replacement for a traditional contact tracing.
The project was funded with cares act money. If you have covid 19 you may share that info with your app to help alert the people youve been in contact with. Each user gets to decide whether or not to opt in to exposure notifications. Having this tool having this notification app this will help us very much to control the spread of this virus.
When you install an authorized app it will ask you to enable the exposure notifications feature. The system does not collect or use location from the device. In order to help fight the spread of covid 19 apple and google quickly developed exposure notification technology for android and ios that that relied on bluetooth technology in mobile phones. Helping health authorities fight covid 19.