Health Canada Covid App
Canada's covid alert app notifies you if someone you were near in the past 14 days tells the app they tested positive.
Health canada covid app. Covid alert does not replace medical advice. If you have no symptoms and you are at higher risk for severe illness (you are 65 or older, you have an underlying health condition or chronic condition), or have been in close contact with someone who is known to have a positive result. According to the vancouver sun, health canada told postmedia news the covid alert app is still useful to have, despite the latter has not been officially supported yet in b.c.
She also said the app has hit a “major milestone” with more than 3. Resources to empower you to take care of both your physical and mental health. Although canada debuted covid alert as a nationwide app, for more than a month, key features of the app were only available in.
That way, when people are able to report a diagnosis, you’ll find out if you were near them. You will receive timely updates with important news and alerts from canada’s ministry of health. The canada covid alert app — which was already limited in usefulness in manitoba — won't be made compatible with older devices after all, health canada says.
The free app, available for android and iphones on friday by searching “covid alert” in the app store, is designed to track the location. As of friday, canadians were able to download it on the apple app store and the google play store. Access the same information on your browser*.
Covid alert works by determining how far away other phones are by the strength of their bluetooth signal. Starting today, the health canada covid alert app is available to saskatchewan residents. Nationwide, more than 5.4 million canadians have downloaded the covid alert app as of nov.
When the government of canada’s covid alert app became available in ontario in late july, i happily downloaded it. It does not use or access any location data. Download the app and help others use it too.