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The government’s COVIDSafe app dubbed a ‘huge bungle’ after tracing just 17 unique infections – SBS News
The COVIDSafe app has identified 17 unknown cases not otherwise uncovered through manual tracing methods across the country.
The COVIDSafe app has not detected a single unique coronavirus case in almost a month and has found just 17 unique cases in the community, a Senate committee has been told.
The 17 unique cases all identified in NSW represent cases that had not been uncovered by tracing teams across the country.
The app, downloaded seven million times, has cost taxpayers up to $5 million and has been criticised for the small number of infections it has traced, even during Victorias second wave.
Labors health spokesman…
