Fast Company September 1, 2020
Ruth Reader

Amid low adoption among state public health departments, the two tech giants decided to create an automatic way for states to build exposure notification apps.

After slow adoption, Apple and Google have developed an automatic way to generate COVID-19 exposure notification apps for public health authorities. Their joint Exposure Notification platform, which uses Bluetooth to tell people if they’ve come into contact with someone who has COVID-19, was launched in May. Since then, only six states have signed on. Now, with Exposure Notification Express, the companies are hoping to create an easy way for states to get onboard.

Google and Apple say that public health authorities can now submit files outlining their parameters...

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