South Dakota is partnering with North Dakota on an app that tracks people’s activities and movements.
It’s called Care19.
Governor Kristi Noem says the app will use location services on smartphones to keep track of where a person travels.
“If you’re in the unfortunate situation where you test positive for COVID-19—this is an app that will help the department of Health work with you to remember all those places that you’ve been, the people that you may have been near, and will help us more efficiently investigate your case,” Noem says.
Noem says the Department of Health spends hours with those who test positive for COVID-19 helping them remember where they’ve been, potentially putting people at risk.
North and South Dakota are two of eight states that have not issued stay-at-home orders.
A link to the Care-19 app is found on the state’s website COVID.sd.gov.
