Apps using Apple-Google Exposure Notification API see robust adoption in Ireland and Germany

Apple and Google's joint coronavirus contact tracing effort, dubbed the Exposure Notification API, has seen reasonably rapid uptake internationally despite continued pushback from U.S. states.

Since exiting beta in May, the Apple-Google API has been integrated into coronavirus contact tracing apps in 16 countries including Italy, Japan, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Uruguay, The Markup reports.In early July, Ireland's Health Service Executive integrated the Apple-Google API in the country's COVID Tracker Ireland. According to today's report, the app has been downloaded 1.4 million times, accounting for a significant portion of the country's approximately 4.8 million citizens.

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