China News Service, April 27, according to foreign media reports, the Australian Federal Government has begun the next stage of action to prevent the new crown epidemic. The authorities have launched a new contact tracking application for patients with coronary heart disease.
Australian Health Minister Hunt said on the 27th that the "CovidSafe" application for tracking patient close contacts exceeded the download rate of their expectations, and within the first five hours of its launch, 1 million people downloaded the application. As of 6 a.m. local time on the 27th, a total of 1.13 million Australians downloaded the application.
When asked how many people needed to download the tracking app to be successful, Hunter said: "The more the better, this is our goal."
Hunter said that the tracking application was launched to help disease experts find those who may have been exposed to the virus.
It is reported that the application uses Bluetooth technology to record every other user who has been in contact with the user within 15 meters for 15 minutes or more.
At the same time, the Australian government has promised that this application has a "triple privacy guarantee" to convince the Australian people that the information collected will only be used to assist the authorities to prevent the spread of the new crown virus.
Australia's chief medical officer Murphy said the government will also start testing asymptomatic people as one of the next round of measures against the new coronavirus.