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Covidsafe app identified close contacts in just 20 NSW cases in six months, researchers say

Just 21% of the 618 people infected via community transmission had the app on their phones

Just 21% of Covid-19 patients reported in New South Wales between May and October had been using the Covidsafe app, and close contacts were identified through the app in just 20 cases, new data reveals.

A Senate committee led by Labor has this month recommended an independent review be commissioned into the $5.24m spent so far on the development and rollout of the app, stating it “has only been of limited effectiveness in its primary function of contact-tracing”.

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Originally posted in the guardian.