COVIDSafe

COVIDSafe
Developer(s)
Initial release26 April 2020 (2020-04-26)
Final release
2.9 / 10 December 2021 (2021-12-10)
Repository
Written in
Operating systemAndroid, iOS
PlatformAmazon Web Services[6]
Size
  • 5.9 MB (Android)
  • 5.7 MB (iOS)
Standard(s)
Available inEnglish
TypeDigital contact tracing
LicenceProprietary, source code released[12][13]
Websitewww.covidsafe.gov.au

COVIDSafe[14][15] was a digital contact tracing app released by the Australian Government on 26 April 2020[16][17] to help combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[18] The app was intended to augment traditional contact tracing by automatically tracking encounters between users and later allowing a state or territory health authority to warn a user they have come within 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) with an infected person for 15 minutes or more.[19] To achieve this, it used the BlueTrace and Herald protocol, originally developed by the Singaporean Government and VMWare respectively,[20][21] to passively collect an anonymised registry of near contacts.[22] The efficacy of the app was questioned over its lifetime, ultimately identifying just 2 confirmed cases by the time it was decommissioned on 16 August 2022.[23]

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  13. ^ "Terms and Conditions". covidsafe.gov.au. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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  19. ^ "COVIDSafe: New app to slow the spread of coronavirus | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  20. ^ Bogle, Ariel (17 April 2020). "Five questions we need answered about the government's coronavirus contact tracing app". ABC News. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  21. ^ "COVIDSafe captures close contacts with the new Herald Protocol". Digital Transformation Agency. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  22. ^ Farr, Malcolm; Hurst, Daniel (14 April 2020). "Australian government plans to bring in mobile phone app to track people with coronavirus". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  23. ^ "In its lifetime, $21 million COVIDSafe app detected just two confirmed cases". ABC News. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

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