Contact Tracing App Virginia. Looks like you're visiting from united states! The virginia department of health has officially launched covidwise — the first contact tracing app to use google and apple's custom api. Contact tracing involves finding people who may have been exposed to an illness and providing guidance to prevent them from spreading it.
“we are processing currently about 3,000 applications. Ralph northam said covidwise is the first statewide app to use technology.
The app, called covidwise, runs on the exposure notifications api that the two tech giants released in may for state and national health agencies to.
Case investigations and contact tracing are trusted public health tools used to prevent further spread of contagious diseases. Theres never been a better chance. “there’s a lot of negative publicity on the tv and media about the contact tracing and the fact that they think the government’s watching them,” chesapeake health district epidemiologist lisa engle said in early. The virginia department of health is internally testing an app called covidwise that would augment human contact tracing efforts, according to department spokesperson julie grimes.
