Virginia Is First State To Deploy The Apple-Google COVIDWISE Exposure Notification App

Virginia is the first state to deploy an exposure notification application for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that uses an application programming interface (API) jointly created by Apple and Google specifically for COVID-19 contract tracing. COVIDWISE was built by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) in partnership with development from Spring ML using funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

The free app uses Bluetooth to anonymously detect potential exposures. If the app determines that an individual came into contact with another COVIDWISE user had a positive COVID-19 in the past 14 days, the . . .