OTTAWA (Reuters) – As the spread of the new coronavirus in Canada slows, the western province of Alberta has rolled out a digital-tracing tool to monitor outbreaks as quarantine restrictions ease. The hard part is convincing people to use it.
FILE PHOTO: Contact tracing app TraceTogether, released by the Singapore government to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen on a mobile phone, in Singapore March 25, 2020. Alberta’s contact-tracing app is modelled on SIngapore’s. REUTERS/Edgar Su
On May 1, Alberta launched Canada’s first smartphone app to trace and call people who have come into contact with an individual infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, so that they can isolate themselves and prevent further spread.
But so far, only about 165,000 Albertans, or less than 4% of the population, have downloaded it. By contrast, the Singapore app — the model for Alberta — has 1.4 million users, or almost 25% of the population on the…
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