TORONTO — Canadian officials are turning their attention to digital contact tracing to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a strategy experts warn may come with significant privacy concerns.
Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are the latest in Canada to suggest the use of voluntary contact tracing apps that would use cellphone data to monitor people’s movements and warn them of any contact with COVID-19 positive patients, eliminating an arduous task usually performed manually by public health departments.
Citing examples from Singapore and South Korea — two countries actively engaged in digital contact tracing — officials suggest the use of these apps could slow transmission rates, providing 60 per cent or more of the population agrees to participate.
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