Palm Beach County urges residents to download Combat COVID app

About a month ago, Palm Beach County launched the Combat COVID app to help control the spread of the deadly coronavirus using contact tracing.

CONTACT TRACING IN PALM BEACHCOUNTY.

WEEKS AGAO - PALMBEACH COUNTY LAUNCHED THECOMBAT COVID APP TO HELP STOPTHE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.WPTV NEWSHCANNEL 5QUESADA TAKES A LOOK AT HOWTHE APP IS DOING SO FAR ANDWHY THE COUNTY MAYOR SAYS THIS THE TIME TO DOWNLOAD IT< LL: ONLY ABOUT 12- THOUSANDDOWNLOADS SO FARHAS A LONG WAY TO GO..

BUTPALM BEACH COUNTY MAYOR DAVEKERNER SAYS THIS TOOL COULD BEA MAJOR HELP TO STOPPING THESPREAD OF COVID ONCE SCHOOLSOPEN IN PERSON INSTRUCTIONAGAIN.

PALM BEACH COUNTY ISNOW IN ITS FIRST STEP OF PHASE2& AND IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKSBE RETURNING TO BRICK ANDMORTAR INSTRUCTION.

MAYORKERNER 0:43 I SEE A REALLY BIGOPPORTUNITY FOR THIS APP TOPLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE ASOUR BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLDISTRICT OPENS UP HERE AFTERSEPTEMBER 21 COMBAT COVID ISAN APP THE COUNTY PURCHASED TOHELP WITH CONTACT TRACING..ONCE YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP -YOU ACTIVATE YOUR BLUETOOTHAND IT CAN EXCHANGE WHAT THECREATOR OF THE APP SAYS IS ANANONYMOUS IDENTIFIER BEACONVIA BLUETOOTH.

STAND UP: IFYOU COME INTO CLOSE CONTACTWITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS THEAPPTHE APP THEY HAVE COVID-19&THE TECHNOLOGY WILL FIND ALLOF THE USERS IT CAME INTOCONTACT WITH USING BLUETOOTHOVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND SENDYOU AN ALERT ABOUT THEPOTENTIAL COVID EXPOSURE.KERNER 2:46 THE COUNTY NOR ANYENTITY GETS ANY INFORMATIONABOUT THE TYPE OF CONTACT THATWAS MADE AND HOW MANY TIMECONTACT WAS MADE THAT IS NOTSTORED ANYWHERE SO WE CANNOTACCESS IT THAT IS PART OF THEVALUE OF THIS APP COUNTY MAYORDAVE KERNER SAYS HE SEES AHUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTSAND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO USETHIS APP ONCE IN PERSONINSTRUCTION BEGINS AND NOWTHAT THE COUNTY IS IN PHASE 2.KERNER 4:00 ANY TOOL THAT YOUCAN USE TO HELP COMBAT IT ISVERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOWBECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO BESTAYING AT HOME WE KNOW THAT.