Three more US states launching coronavirus exposure warning apps

North Dakota launched its app, Care19 Alert (pic), on Thursday and Wyoming will release an app on Friday, whose company ProudCrowd developed the apps, also said during the event. — Reuters

OAKLAND, California: North Dakota, Wyoming and Alabama are the latest US states launching apps to warn users about potential exposure to the novel coronavirus by tracking their encounters, representatives for the states told Reuters on Aug 13.

Virginia last week became the first US state to urge residents to download such an app using technology developed by smartphone software giants Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google.