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gomery County, the Montgomery County OIC, and the Visiting Nurses Association Community Services, according to officials.

Arkoosh has emphasized the importance of working with contact tracers time and time again, and noted the state’s department of health released a mobile app to inform

users if they’ve been exposed to someone with COVID-19. It’s available for Apple and Android users.

The COVID Alert PA “uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, and the Exposure Notification System developed by Apple and Google to help notify and give public health guidance to anyone who may have been in close contact with another person with the app who later tested positive for COVID-19,” read a post on the

Montgomery County, PA Facebook page. To learn more, check out the app’s website at www.pa.gov/covid/covid-alert-pa.

Arkoosh added the app does not collect or use any identifiable or location tracking information.

“But we are all playing a part in this fight against the virus and the more people who downloaded the COVID Alert PA App, the better the results will be,” she said.