Sparta: NJ Launches An App To Help Stop The Spread

Press release from Sparta Township:

October 2, 2020

Governor Phil Murphy and New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the launch of COVID-19 exposure notification mobile apps in their respective states that will serve as crucial tools to supplement the effort to trace and contact individuals subject to a COVID exposure. The apps, COVID Alert NJ and COVID Alert NY, notify users of potential COVID-19 exposure while maintaining user privacy and security. With today’s launch, New Jersey and New York join Pennsylvania and Delaware in creating a regional COVID Alert app network that operates across state lines to stop the spread of COVID-19. Connecticut has also announced it will launch an app in the near future using the same technology.

The free mobile apps–available to anyone 18 or older who lives, works, or attends college in New Jersey or New York — are available for download from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

For more information, please see: https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/app.

This press release was produced by Sparta Township. The views expressed here are the author’s own.