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The COVID ALERT SA apk gives you the power to slow the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa and to hold yourself, your loved ones and everyone else secure. The apk is gratis and accessible to anyone based in South Africa.  Using the apk is simple. All you have to do is: - Download it - Enable notifications and Bluetooth - Allow the apk run in the background - Encourage your mates and family to do the same.   That’s beautiful much it! Your identity will always remain personal. The apk will take care of the rest and: - Send you an exposure notification if you’re ever in close contact with other apk player who tests positive for COVID-19 - Tell you how to limit the spread of COVID-19 to others - Tell you how to manage your health and track any COVID-19 symptoms. Here’s a bit more detail: COVID ALERT SA is part of COVIDConnect – the National Department of Health’s digital COVID-19 response platform. The apk is built on Apple and Google’s exposure notification framework and it’s been designed to protect your identity and safety. The apk makes Bluetooth-powered contact tracing possible. What does this mean? Contact tracing refers to getting keep of people who have recently been in close contact with someone who has inspected positive for COVID-19. We do this to allow them know that they may have been exposed to the illness, so that they can self-quarantine, monitor their symptoms and prevent the spread of the illness to others (especially those considered high-risk for serious disease or death from COVID-19). Why do we need an apk to help with this process? Normally, contact tracing happens manually. Healthcare workers interview the person who inspected positive to create up a list of people they’ve had close contact with over the past 14 days. Its time-consuming and generates an often-incomplete list of people to reach out to. That’s because it’s hard to remember everyone we were near to. And, we can’t identify those we were close to while standing in a queue or while using public transport. COVID ALERT SA removes the need for us to remember any of these info and makes the contact tracing process far more thorough. It does this by letting apk players’ devices talk to each another. The apk uses Bluetooth signals to exchange what are called “random codes” (random numbers that change every so often) with another smart smartphone apk players, when they come within close proximity of each another. It’s like the devices have given each another a digital handshake. The random codes exchanged at the time of “digital hand-shaking” are stored in a log on each smartphone for 14 days. Then: 1. If you test positive for COVID-19, you can select to enter your special PIN (it’s sent to you via SMS from the National Department of Health with your try effect), as well as date of birth, into the apk. Remember - you always remain anonymous. You’ll also receive tip on what to do next to manage your health and to self-isolate. 2. The apk will ask you for permission to share random codes stored on your phone with a central server. 3. Another smartphones using the COVID Alert SA apk check the central server periodically, throughout the day. Those devices that have random codes on record matching the codes shared to the central server by your device, will keep a notification that the device player (an anonymous fellow member of the apk community) has had potential exposure to COVID-19 over the prior 14 days. And, there’s plenty of tip on what to do next to monitor symptoms, to select to self-quarantine and more.  It’s clear that by joining this apk you’re becoming a member of a strong community of people who wish to work together to Stay Secure, save lives and turn the tide on COVID-19 in our attractive country! The power is in your hands. Join the COVID ALERT SA community today. Let’s all play our part in keeping one other secure.