FILE PHOTO: Volunteers show residents how to install an app to trace contacts with people potentially infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) being trialled on the Canary Island of La Gomera, Spain, July 3, 2020. Alejandro Noda/via REUTERS
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain aims to roll out a COVID-19 contact-tracing app across the country in September after saying on Monday that a pilot showed it could detect almost twice as many potential infections as human trackers during a simulated outbreak on a tiny island.
In the absence of a vaccine or cure, states are deploying Bluetooth wireless technology to log contacts and alert people when someone they have been near tests positive.
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