The Westerly Sun: Rhode Island Smartphone App Helping Trace COVID-19 Patients

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Rhode Island introduced a smartphone app Tuesday that state officials say could help public health workers trace the contacts of COVID-19 patients and connect them to testing and other resources.

The Crush Covid RI app uses satellite-based GPS technology to track people’s location if they opt into that feature. Someone who then tests positive for the coronavirus can volunteer to share their 20-day location history with the state Department of Public Health.

View full article in The Westerly Sun.

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