PARIS, Oct 25 (Reuters) - France's new COVID-19 contact-tracing app needs to be downloaded by at least 20% of the population to be effective but is far from reaching that level for now, the minister ...

“I understand that many people will be downloading the COVID19 app. However, if I am one of your ‘contacts’ and you intend on installing the app, ‘Healthy Together’-- ‘Trace Together’ -- or any ...

BERLIN, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Germany's health minister on Wednesday urged users of a smartphone app to help trace coronavirus infections to upload positive test results into the system, so that others ...

California will launch a COVID-19 exposure-notification system Thursday that uses smartphones to track interactions with infected people. The state “has partnered with Google and Apple to launch a ...

Australia has launched a smartphone app to trace people who come in contact with coronavirus patients despite privacy concerns that authorities insisted Sunday were unwarranted. Authorities in Sydney ...

Virginia’s coronavirus notification app, called Covidwise, launched on Wednesday, just under four months since the Apple-Google partnership was first announced. Virginia is the first state in the ...