05/13/2020
Apple and Google launched the first phase of their joint effort to help track the spread of COVID-19. The two tech companies have begun testing an initial version of their exposure notification API that should help public health authorities contain the spread of coronavirus by quickly identifying people who might have been exposed to new cases. It will be widely available to most public health agencies by mid-May.
A new survey conducted by The Washington Post and the University of Maryland found that a small majority Americans aren’t planning on using the apps, with nearly 3 in 5 Americans are either unwilling or unable to use the infection-alert system that Google and Apple have developed.
