Govt works with Singapore and USP to test a contact tracing app for COVID-19

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Govt works with Singapore and USP to test a contact tracing app for COVID-19

By Naveel Krishant

11/05/2020

Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. [image: Fijian Govt]

Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says that Singapore has made available the source code for the contact tracing app for COVID-19.

Sayed-Khaiyum says they have a team at the Ministry of Communications that is working with a team from Singapore and IT personnel from USP.

He says they aim to pilot the contact tracing app soon.

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