Reuters

Irish COVID-19 tracing app nears 1 million downloads in 24 hours

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland expects 1 million people to have downloaded a voluntary app to trace contacts of COVID-19 patients within 24 hours of its formal launch, which its health service operator ...
MobiHealthNews

Roundup: Emirates Hospital Group implements Okadoc’s telehealth system, update on Ireland’s contact tracing app and more briefs

In the two weeks since Ireland’s Covid Tracker app was launched, it has been reported that 91 users have received a “close contact exposure alert”. The app invites users to give permission for the ...
Reuters

Are they any use? With Europe's black-box coronavirus apps it's hard to tell

DUBLIN/BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe's experiment in using technology to fight coronavirus has achieved some early successes: millions of people have downloaded smartphone tracker apps and hundreds have ...
ABC 7 Chicago

COVID-19 tracker apps could be the key to reopening the economy, but is your private information safe?

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A trend catching on in Europe could soon be coming to your office place or other establishments. While the concept of issuing special passes for those who could be coronavirus-free ...