It’s been close to two months since the federal government launched the COVID Alert exposure notification app, but there is still no sign of it in British Columbia.
Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is in discussion with the federal government about the app as Ottawa rolls it out one province at a time.
“I’m not exactly sure when, but I know we are on the to-do list for sometime in the coming weeks,” she said.
“The team with the federal government is working with individual provinces so we are on that list, but we are also working with them to make adjustments that will meet our needs [so that it can] supplement what we are doing in our contact tracing here.”
As of last week, there were about 2.7 million Canadians who had downloaded the app which is currently available only in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskatchewan.
The Federal Government says even though the app isn’t available across Canada for people to report a diagnosis, it is a good idea to download it so that people can get notified if they come into contact with someone who is able to report a positive case of the virus.