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Study: Apple, Google’s contact tracing system saved thousands of lives in UK – Android Authority
The study specifically focuses on the NHS app and its impact across England and Wales.
- A new study suggests that Google and Apple’s exposure notification API may have saved thousands of lives.
- As many as 8,000 people in England and Wales may have averted infection thanks to the API and the NHS app.
Google and Apple’s exposure notification API, or GAEN, is now employed by a slew of Covid-19 tracking apps. The API uses Bluetooth to contact trace and alert users to possible virus exposure, potentially saving their and others’ lives.
The two tech heavyweights launched the API in June 2020,…
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