{"id":17243,"date":"2020-10-27T21:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T01:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=17243"},"modified":"2020-10-27T21:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T01:08:27","slug":"ottawas-covid-19-alert-app-flawed-according-to-bcs-provincial-health-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/ottawas-covid-19-alert-app-flawed-according-to-bcs-provincial-health-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa&#8217;s COVID-19 Alert app &#8220;flawed&#8221; according to BC&#8217;s Provincial Health Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia's provincial health officer says the federal COVID-19 app is flawed and would not be helpful in managing the pandemic in B.C..\u00a0 The federal government's COVID-Alert app tells users if they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.\u00a0 Dr. Bonnie Henry says provincial health officials are in negotiations with their federal counterparts to modify the app.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17243-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/clip-HENRY-federal-app.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/clip-HENRY-federal-app.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/clip-HENRY-federal-app.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Henry says the app could be useful to British Columbians who are travelling out of province.\u00a0 The COVID Alert app is currently available in every province except BC and Alberta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia&#8217;s provincial health officer says the federal COVID-19 app is flawed and would not be helpful in managing the pandemic in B.C..\u00a0 The federal government&#8217;s COVID-Alert app tells users if they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.\u00a0 Dr. Bonnie Henry says provincial health officials are in negotiations&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":17249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[218,223],"tags":[488,284,286],"radio":[240],"origine":[280,265,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17243"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=17243"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=17243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}