California, Oregon and Washington have announced that Apple and Google will participate in testing of the exposure notification program. ENE integrates the Contact-Log Bluetooth API Group, which was deployed in public health apps earlier this year, creating a formal distribution stream for all Android and iOS phones, while minimizing time and money costs for states.

Students and staff at the University of California, San Diego and San Francisco are notified when APIs are available and are encouraged but are not required to install them.

Management Oregonian It is reported that the government will provide ENE seeds to about 30,000 university students this fall, but that will depend on the way negotiations between the state health authority and schools take place. If the trial is considered successful, Express is targeted for widespread deployment in December or early next year.

We’ve been in contact with the Washington Department of Public Health for their plans with Exposure Notification Express and will update this story when we hear back.

Apple and Google unveiled ENE earlier this month, removing technical and financial barriers to developing a dedicated app.

How Exposure Notifications Express Express Android Users View

For ENE, public health agencies send a configuration file containing risky format data to Apple and Google, and end users can quickly turn to an API package for voluntary installation. If the API is installed, it uses Bluetooth to record contacts anonymously with other API-enabled devices. When a user reports a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, they may choose to share the contact log, which can be tested on other devices to determine if close contact users should be activated. No user-identifiable data can be stored, transmitted, or processed.

You can learn more about how the early exposure notification systems API works in our talk, as well as information about the Express program.

The three states of Colorado and Nevada signed the Western State Agreement earlier this year, which was created to share best practices in response to the Corona virus novel. The last two states are already committed to deploying ENE.