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Australia's COVIDSafe app has not been updated to track the highly infectious Delta variant rendering the $6.5 million technology 'useless'.
The government app was created for state and territory public health officials to contact trace users who had been near a Covid-19 infected person within 15 minutes window.
Despite the emergence of the highly-contagious and reportedly deadly Delta variant, which can be transmitted 'fleetingly', the parameters of the COVIDSafe app have not been updated.
The completely voluntary app has created controversy since its introduction, widely reported to be an ongoing failure due to little uptake on the download.
Conflict between government, health and tech experts on a decision to upgrade the government's COVIDSafe tracing app has erupted due to the deadly new Delta variant
The COVIDSafe app has been deemed a disaster due to the lack of uptake from