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  • Switzerland is the first to use Apple-Google coronavirus contact tracing technology

    By Chris Smith @chris_writes

    May 27th, 2020 at 7:31 AM
    • The first coronavirus contact tracing app based on the Apple-Google COVID-19 spread API launched in Switzerland to some categories of users.
    • Latvia will roll out nationwide its own app based on the standard as soon as it receives approval for the App Store and Google Play.
    • Other countries and US states are working on similar apps based on the Apple-Google standard for iPhone and Android, as there’s an increase need to manage the spread of COVID-19 and warn people of potential exposure to the virus.
    The first coronavirus contact tracing app based on the Apple-Google COVID-19 spread API launched in Switzerland to some categories of users. Latvia will roll out nationwide its own app based on the standard as soon as it receives approval for the App Store and Google Play.
    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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