{"id":7249,"date":"2020-04-26T17:44:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T07:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7249"},"modified":"2020-04-26T20:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T10:20:47","slug":"covidsafe-app-launched-by-australian-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/covidsafe-app-launched-by-australian-government\/","title":{"rendered":"CovidSafe App Launched by Australian Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200426_160009-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200426_160009-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200426_160009-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200426_160009-768x880.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200426_160009-894x1024.jpg 894w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200426_160009-48x55.jpg 48w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200426_160009.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/>The Australian Government today launched its latest initiative to control the spreak of the COVID-19 viris with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covidsafe.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CovidSafe<\/a> App.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the App for Apple and Androd mobile devices, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covidsafe.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.covidsafe.gov.au\/<\/a> website has also been setup to fully explain to users how the app works, including what data it stores and collects.<\/p>\n<p>Health minister Greg Hunt launched the app earlier today &#8211; you can view highlights of his speech on the 9News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/coroanvirus-app-australia-how-does-it-work-covidsafe\/108b9bde-6f35-452c-9e8d-d8bf47a75c5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should you install the COVIDSafe App?<\/p>\n<p>I will be and I encourge others to do so too, however I&#8217;d also highly recommend visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covidsafe.gov.au\/\">covidsafe.gov.au<\/a> website so you can get a good understanding of how the app will function and benefit us all.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Health Minister Greg Hunt explaining the purpose of the App from today&#8217;s media conference.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7249-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Health-minister-Greg-Hunt-talks-about-COVIDSafe.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Health-minister-Greg-Hunt-talks-about-COVIDSafe.mp3\">https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Health-minister-Greg-Hunt-talks-about-COVIDSafe.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Government has launched the COVIDSafe App to help contain the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[1953,1949,1958,1956,1957],"class_list":["post-7249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-covidsafe","tag-greg-hunt","tag-health-app"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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