No timeline for winding down of HSE Covid Tracker app

The app has not served its primary contact tracing function since late February

Stephen Donnelly, the Minister for Health, has ruled out further Covid-19 restrictions despite the current surge in cases.

The Covid Tracker app is no longer being used for contact tracing but there are no immediate plans to wind down the technology, the HSE has confirmed.

The app, which was launched in July 2020 and has so far cost the health service more than €1.7 million, no longer serves its primary function after the contact tracing element was switched off in line with public health guidance in late February.

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