Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

No, I don't accept the proposition of that question at all. Very significantly, what we know in relation to the app is that it played a very important part in identifying in New South Wales, at this stage, across Australia as at 18 August 2021, 792 COVIDSafe users who have tested positive for COVID-19. It has resulted in more than 1.65 million digital handshakes being uploaded to the data store, and 2,829 potential close contacts have been identified. In addition, New South Wales has successfully accessed the app to identify around 81 close contacts, including 17 contacts that were not identified by manual contact tracing.

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