Ontario continues to encourage people to download an app that sends alerts if you’ve been near someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
It was developed in Ontario and is now in place in seven provinces, including Manitoba.
Premier Doug Ford says 26,000 government workers are using it.
“As government employees, we work for you. Those government cell phones, they’re your property. This is a small, very small, but important way that we can lead by example,” Ford says.
Treasury Board president Peter Bethlenfalvy says it is working.
“Over 1,000 one-time keys have been entered by app users in Ontario who have received confirmed positive COVID-19 test results, notifying tens of thousands of Ontarians of a potential exposure, so that they can take the necessary public health precautions,” Bethlenfalvy explains.
