COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other 1.5.3
Free Version
Publisher Description
Together, let’s slow the spread of COVID-19. Canada's COVID Alert app notifies you if someone you were near in the past 14 days tells the app they tested positive.
COVID Alert uses Bluetooth to exchange random codes with nearby phones. It does not use or access any location data. COVID Alert works by determining how far away other phones are by the strength of their Bluetooth signal.
Several times a day, COVID Alert checks a list of codes from people who tell the app they tested positive. You’ll get a notification if a code you received matches one of the positive codes.
If you test positive for COVID-19 you’ll receive a one-time key with your diagnosis to enter into COVID Alert. The app asks permission to share your random codes from the last 14 days with a central server.
Other phones using COVID Alert check the central server periodically throughout the day. If they recorded any codes that match the codes in the central server, their user will be notified that they were exposed.
COVID Alert has no way of knowing:
-your location - COVID Alert does not use GPS or location services
-your name or address
-the place or time you were near someone
-if you're currently near someone who was previously diagnosed
Provincial and territorial governments are working to support COVID Alert across Canada. In some places, people cannot yet report a COVID-19 diagnosis through this app.
It’s still helpful to keep COVID Alert on, no matter where you are. That way, when people are able to report a diagnosis, you’ll find out if you were near them.
COVID Alert was built by Health Canada with the Canadian Digital Service on the private exposure notification framework by Apple and Google.
About COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other
COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other is a free app for Android published in the Health & Nutrition list of apps, part of Home & Hobby.
The company that develops COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other is Health Canada | Santé Canada. The latest version released by its developer is 1.5.3.
To install COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2021-08-09 and was downloaded 8 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other as malware as malware if the download link to ca.gc.hcsc.canada.stopcovid is broken.
How to install COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- COVID Alert - Let’s protect each other will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
