COVID Notify System Goes Statewide on Dec. 10

By Melinda Battenberg. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on December 7, 2020, that CA Notify, the COVID exposure notification system championed by UC San Diego Health, will be available statewide on December 10. The system will make available to all California residents an important tool for slowing the spread of COVID-19.   Now, any Californian who activates the CA Notify exposure notifications can be confidentially alerted if they have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. This technology, developed by Google and Apple, enhances the state’s contact tracing efforts.  The governor’s announcement was the culmination of months of hard work by teams at UC San Diego Health, which led the initiative to bring the exposure notification system to California. Because... [Read more...]