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Linux Foundation to track and trace Covid-19

Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) has announced that it’s donating the code for as open source to The Linux Foundation. The HSE said, “This will enable jurisdictions worldwide to quickly build and deploy their own contact tracing apps using a wildly successful proven base.” The Ireland-developed tracing app had exceeded all expectations, with a million installs within the first 36 hours.

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