Canada’s COVID-19 tracing app will soon be available in Manitoba.
Starting next week, Manitobans will have access to the COVID Alert app, which notifies you if you come into contact with a person who’s tested positive for COVID-19.
Manitoba’s Health Minister Cameron Friesen stresses that the app does not use or store your location information, and is completely voluntary.
“It doesn’t rely on GPS. It doesn’t give the government information about who you are or where you are, rather it uses Bluetooth to link with others and their phones when you come into contact over that threshold period of time.”
The app is currently being used in Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Friesen says at least 60% of Manitobans will need to download the app in order for it to be effective.
For more information about the COVID Alert app, click here.
