[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Damien

Not sure where the app is anyway. They've been downplaying it recently that when it does come out it won't be playing a central role, or at least that what it seems. Personally I still think their attempt to get around iOS's Bluetooth protections won't really work at any sort of scale.

Strange that other countries don't have the same concerns. Eg Norway.
April 16th.

Smittestopp (Infection Stop) is a new smartphone app for iOS and Android. The app is designed to help health authorities limit the spread of coronavirus, which has so far claimed more than 150 lives in Norway.
...

The app uses a smartphone's built-in location services features along with Bluetooth to detect other nearby phones with the app installed.

17 May 2020 - Norway's Smittestopp app, or “infection stop”, launched in mid-April but only one-fifth of its adult population are actively using it.

Others, though, are still forging ahead with the centralised approach. France's digital minister has said it intends to launch its StopCovid app by 2 June, and is attempting to press Apple into a U-turn of its own.
"Apple could have helped us make the application work even better on the iPhone," said digital minister Cédric O on Tuesday. "They have wished not to do so. I regret this."