1.5 Million Israelis Using Voluntary Coronavirus Monitoring App
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(Worthy News) – Around 1.5 million Israelis have downloaded a mobile app in the past week that alerts users who have crossed paths with a coronavirus patient, according to the Health Ministry, helping to improve tracking of the pandemic.
The app “HaMagen” — Hebrew for “The Shield” — is sparking interest from abroad with approaches from Germany, Italy, Britain, Australia and Chile so far, the ministry’s deputy director-general, Morris Dorfman, said on Wednesday.
Under a ministry initiative, developers created the app using open-source tools so it can be quickly deployed in other countries at no cost, he told Reuters. [ Source: Algemeiner (Read More…) ]
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