DC CAN COVID-19 Exposure Notification System Ceasing Operations May 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC — DC Well being want to thank residents for utilizing the DC COVID Alert Discover (DC CAN) COVID-19 publicity notification system to assist defend your self and our group. Publicity notifications helped to forestall 1000’s of instances of COVID-19 through the pandemic and allowed individuals to take motion to forestall its unfold. In DC alone, over 37,000 individuals used DC CAN to anonymously alert others of potential publicity to COVID-19, producing greater than 1,000,000 publicity notifications.

The nationwide program that helps the DC CAN publicity notification system will discontinue operations on Might 11, 2023. Consequently, your telephone will not notify you when you had been close to somebody who examined constructive for COVID-19. Your privateness has been protected, and no GPS location or personally identifiable info was collected or saved. DC Well being will alert District residents if publicity notifications develop into obtainable once more sooner or later.

DC Well being want to encourage residents to proceed to take precautions to forestall the unfold of COVID-19. Extra info on learn how to defend your self could be discovered at cdc.gov/coronavirus.

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The District of Columbia Division of Well being promotes well being, wellness and fairness, throughout the District, and protects the security of residents, guests and people doing enterprise in our nation’s capital.