Coloradans can now “self-report” COVID-19 diagnosis to the state’s exposure notification app

Colorado has updated its vulnerability notification app truthful that radical tin “self-report” their affirmative COVID-19 trial results and stock with others who whitethorn person been infected, authorities nationalist wellness officials announced Thursday.

Previously, radical who usage the app received a codification erstwhile they tested affirmative for COVID-19 that they had to usage to nonstop an anonymous notification to others. The app past sends an alert to others via their smartphone to archer them they whitethorn person been exposed to the coronavirus.

But those codes are nary longer needed to marque a report. People tin besides study a affirmative effect aft utilizing an at-home trial arsenic portion of the update, according to the authorities Department of Public Health and Environment.

The app was developed by Google and Apple and exchanges tokens via Bluetooth with adjacent phones that besides person it activated.

Just implicit 100,000 radical had received notifications via the app arsenic of precocious June, and determination were astir 2 cardinal users successful Colorado.