Contact Tracing App Still Not Ready A Fortnight From Launch

A national contact tracing app is still being built just a fortnight out from its planned launch at the end of the month.

It aims to use bluetooth radio signals from our phones to record when users have been near each other.

A national survey by DCU indicates four out of five people are willing to install it.

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But HSE chief executive Paul Reid says developers still have some work to do.

Meanwhile – 10 more people with the coronavirus have died and there are just 64 new cases in the Republic.

There are now 24,112 positive tests in the country.

There were 2 new cases confirmed for County Clare yesterday – bringing the total here to 314.