It was meant to be Australia’s ticket out of coronavirus danger. But a Melbourne man has exposed that the app does nothing to protect us.
Anushka Banbara said he and all of his workers were forced to get tested for coronavirus immediately when one of his employees came into close contact with a positive case on June 25.
Anushka Banbara says the COVIDSafe app has not alerted him to close contact he had with a positive case. Picture: David Crosling/NCA NewsWireIn that time, Mr Banbara’s team had worked together in their Clayton office, but no one else tested positive. When two phones detect each other they exchange a “digital handshake” meaning each device shares an anonymous ID to log the close contact.
The Department of Health said all close contacts were identified and notified that they needed to self-isolate and seek testing. Prime Minister Scott Morrison continued to spruik the benefits of the app on Friday, rejecting a suggestion from a journalist that he had “oversold the benefits” of the technology.“The two work together. They were always intended to work together … That is why I
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