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COVID-19: Here's How To Download New CT App Alerting Users If Infected Person Is Near COVID-19: Here's How To Download New CT App Alerting Users If Infected Person Is Near
Covid-19: Here's How To Download New CT App Alerting Users If Infected Person Is Near A new mobile app will notify Connecticut residents when they have been within six feet of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. The COVID Alert CT app is available for both Apple and Android devices and notifies residents if they have been potentially infected without sharing any personal data.  Earlier report - COVID-19: Connecticut App Alerts Users If Infected Person Is Near If an app user contracts COVID-19, a contract tracer will ask if they are willing to share the "close contact" codes their app has accrued during their day-to-day interactions via Bluetooth.&nbs…

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COVID-19: Connecticut App Alerts Users If Infected Person Is Near COVID-19: Connecticut App Alerts Users If Infected Person Is Near
Covid-19: Connecticut App Alerts Users If Infected Person Is Near To help stop the spread of COVID-19, Connecticut is encouraging residents to download a new app that will alert them if they have come in contact with someone infected with the virus. The contact-tracing app, COVID Alert CT, is state-run and was launched on Thursday, Nov. 12. The free app is available to Android as well as Apple users. Gov. Ned Lamont said that the app does not share personal data and that it is not a replacement for the state’s contract tracing system - it's a supplement.  “We’re making every effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Connecticut,” Lamont said in a s…

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by Kristin Palpini