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Linux Foundation announces COVID-19 exposure notification application initiative (TechRepublic)

([Briefs] Jul 21, 2020 21:51 UTC (Tue) (coogle))


TechRepublic [1]reports that the Linux Foundation has [2]announced the [3]Linux Foundation Public Health initiative (LFPH). Using projects based on the [4]Google Apple Exposure Notification system , the initiative's goal according to LFPH general manager Dan Kohn is " building a global community of leading technology and consulting companies, public health authorities, epidemiologists, and other public health specialists, privacy and security experts, and individual developers. " With this announcement is the launch of two open-source projects: [5]COVID Shield and [6]COVID Green .



[1] https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-foundation-announces-open-source-exposure-notification-apps-initiative-to-combat-covid-19/#ftag=RSS56d97e7

[2] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tech-leaders-and-health-authorities-from-around-the-globe-collaborate-to-combat-covid-19-301096039.html

[3] https://www.lfph.io/

[4] https://www.google.com/covid19/exposurenotifications/

[5] https://www.covidshield.app/

[6] https://github.com/covidgreen/covid-green-app

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