More than two million Australians download COVIDSafe contact tracing app

The initial takeup of a mobile phone app authorities hope will improve the tracing of COVID-19 cases has been strong, the government says.

The government's new COVIDSafe voluntary tracing app Source: AAP

More than two million Australians have downloaded the COVID-19 tracer app, which aims to help health officials identify people who may have come into contact with someone with the disease.

Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy called the result a positive start to bolstering the public health response against the coronavirus, 

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