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COVIDSafe app finally put out of its misery amid cost blowout claims

10 August 2022
By Kate McDonald
COVID Safe
The new Australian government has officially called a halt to the COVIDSafe contact tracing app amid claims the total cost has risen to over $21 million. The app, launched with much fanfare in early 2020, was only ever able to identify two positive cases and 17 close contacts that had not previously found by manual […]

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