UArizona to launch contact-tracing app

The University of Arizona has delivered a contact-tracing app to help track the spread of coronavirus.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ISWORKING ON AN APP THAT WOULDHELP WITH CONTACT TRACING.NINE ON YOUR SIDE'S VERONICAACOSTA EXPLAINS HOW THE APPWORKS.AND NOW A TEAM AT THEUNIVERSITY IS WORKING ON AN APPTHAT WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE,WHEN THEY DO NAT 6:59-7:04 -"WE'RE HOPING THAT ENOUGHPEOPLE ADOPT IT THAT IT WILLSIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THEDISEASE." IT'S CALLED THECOVID WATCH APP A SMARTPHONEAPP THAT WILL NOTIFY STUDENTS,FACULTY, AND STAFF IF THEY'VEBEEN AROUND SOMEONE WHO'STESTED POSITITVE FOR COVID-19HERE'S HOW THE APP WILL WORKFIRST OFF EVERYTHING WILL BEANONYMOUS 7:53-7:57 - "ITCOLLECTS ZERO, ZERO, THERE ISNO COLLECTION OF PERSONALINFORMATION ON THE APP." WHENSOMEONE TESTS POSITIVE FORCOVID-19 - THEY CAN SEND ANALERT TO OTHERS WITH THE APP,WHO THEY'VE INTERACTED WITH4:39-4:49 - "SO YOU HAVE TOHAVE BEEN AROUND THAT PERSONFOR A MINIMUM OF 15 MINUTES,WITHIN A 14 DAY PERIOD TO GETTHAT SIGNATURE." PEOPLE WHOHAVE THE APP, AND WERE NEARTHE PERSON WHO TESTED POSITIVEWILL RECEIVE THAT ALERTLETTING THEM KNOW THEY'VE BEENEXPOSED FROM THERE - THEY'REGIVEN INFORMATION ON HOW TOSELF- ISOLATE AND WHERE THEYCAN GET TESTED SCHROEDER SAIDIN ORDER FOR THE COVID WATCHAPP TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE UOF A CAMPUS - THE COMMUNITYHAS TO DOWNLOAD IT AND INPUTTHEIR TEST RESULTS IF THEYTEST POSITIVE 1:46-1:59 - "ONEOF THE PIECES THAT HAS TOHAPPEN IS A POSITIVE TESTRESULT HAS TO BE ACTIVATED BYTHE OWNER OF THE PHONE, IT HASTO BE PUT INTO THE APP, BUT TORECEIVE THAT POSITIVE TESTRESULT IT HAS TO COME FROM ANOFFICIAL SOURCE LIKE THE STATEDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH." THE APPWILL NOT BE REQUIRED BY THEUNIVERSITY - BUT OFFICIALSHOPE IT IS WIDELY USED ONCEIT'S OUT 6:09-6:13 - "NOT ONLYIS IT OPTIONAL WHETHER THEYDOWNLOAD THE APP, BUT AT EVERYSTEP THERE ARE OPT-INS." TAG -"THERE ARE MULTIPLE TESTINGPHASES OF THE APP.

SHROEDERSAID THE TEAM WORKING ON ITHOPES TO START THE PILOT PHASEBY THE END OF JULY.

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