Federal COVID-19 phone app will be available in Saskatchewan: Moe

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 4:48 PM CDT Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2020 Last Modified: 7:20 PM CDT Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2020

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REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government plans to make the federal COVID-19 tracing app available to residents over the next couple of weeks.

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REGINA – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government plans to make the federal COVID-19 tracing app available to residents over the next couple of weeks.

The COVID Alert smartphone app notifies someone when they have been in close contact with a person who tests positive for the novel coronavirus and has shared their results.

Health officials in Saskatchewan said that for the app to be activated in the province, the Ministry of Health and Health Canada must strike an agreement.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference as he visits the Public Health Agency of Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on July 31, 2020. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says over the next couple of weeks his government will make the COVID Alert app available to residents. The federal government's app has to be downloaded and works to notify someone if they have been close to a person who is positive for COVID-19, and has shared their test results. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Moe announced Wednesday that his government assessed the app and decided to sign on.

“It will be one additional tool that will be available for the people of this province to ensure that we are … flattening the curve and continuing to reduce the spread of COVID-19,” the premier told a news conference.

Ontario has embraced the app, as has Alberta.

Quebec announced last week that it isn’t ready yet to recommend its residents download the app.