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Apple just released a COVID-19 app backed by the CDC that tells you whether to quarantine or get tested - here's how it workshttps://www.businessinsider.in/slideshows/miscellaneous/apple-just-released-a-covid-19-app-backed-by-the-cdc-that-tells-you-whether-to-quarantine-or-get-tested-160heres-how-it-works/slidelist/74853378.cms2020-03-27T22:32:37+05:30

Apple just released a COVID-19 app backed by the CDC that tells you whether to quarantine or get tested - here's how it works

Mar 27, 2020, 22:32 IST

The app greets users with health information from the CDC before they can opt to begin the screening process.

Users are reminded that the app's guidance doesn't override any information they were given directly by a medical professional.

Before screening begins, people with severe coronavirus symptoms are instructed to immediately call 911.

The app guides people through a series of questions about what symptoms they're experiencing.

Users are also asked whether they've traveled internationally in the past two weeks, or whether they live in an area experiencing a coronavirus outbreak.

The app will then make recommendations based on people's answers. This is what the app recommended for me after I reported that I don't have any symptoms but do live in an area with a major coronavirus outbreak (I live in New York City).

The app also delivers a verdict as to whether users need to get tested for coronavirus.

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