The Digital Transformation Agency's COVIDSafe app update has done little to fix core issues, experts say

Sarah Basford Canales
Updated January 6 2021 - 7:55am, first published January 5 2021 - 3:00pm
The nearly $6 million-dollar COVIDSafe app has received another major update but experts say underlying issues remain. Image: Shuttershock
The nearly $6 million-dollar COVIDSafe app has received another major update but experts say underlying issues remain. Image: Shuttershock

The government's troubled coronavirus tracing app has been given a major technical update but experts say it still hasn't fixed its core issues amid further outbreaks in NSW and Victoria it has done little to assist with.

Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

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