Federal Labor calls for 'failed app' to be ditched after finding just two close contacts in six months

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Federal Labor calls for 'failed app' to be ditched after finding just two close contacts in six months
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From mid-May to mid-November, when there were major outbreaks and lockdowns across New South Wales and Victoria, just 13 people consented to their data being used for contact tracing.

Federal Labor is suggesting the time has come to scrap the contact-tracing COVIDSafe app after it found just two potential close contacts in six months.In the six months to mid-November, just 13 people consented to their data being shared on the appFederal Labor says COVIDSafe is a "failed app" that needs to be fixed or scrapped

That resulted in only nine useful "encounters" being identified, two of whom were considered possible close contacts. In its latest report on the app, the Federal Health Department suggests registrations spiked alongside the Sydney and Melbourne lockdowns in June and July.

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