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"&lt;p&gt;A new tracing tool which picks up &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.9news.com.au/coronavirus&quot; title=&quot;coronavirus contacts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel&gt;coronavirus contacts&lt;/a&gt; in two minutes is being rolled out in aged care homes &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.9news.com.au/sydney&quot; title=&quot;in Sydney&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel&gt;in Sydney&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.9news.com.au/victoria&quot; title=&quot;Victoria&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel&gt;Victoria&lt;/a&gt;, as COVID-19 forces Melbourne into &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-state-of-disaster-melbourne-curfew-introduced-coronavirus-stage-4-lockdown-restrictions-what-they-mean/2e508cdb-6cfe-4a6f-ad80-52af9601435a&quot; title=&quot;the harshest lockdown seen in this country so far&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel&gt;the harshest lockdown seen in this country so far&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact Harald has been developed by RMIT Health Transformation Lab in Melbourne and Safedome, a Bluetooth tracking company that has developed apps that claim to be able to use Bluetooth to find your phone, wallet or keys.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Developers have said Contact Harald is a workplace alternative to the federal government&amp;apos;s COVIDSafe app.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People are given a card which records interactions via Bluetooth when people spend two minutes within two metres of each other. (The COVIDSafe app registers contact between two users who spend 15 minutes within 1.5 metres of each other.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone tests positive to coronavirus, the card information can then be added into the software and close contacts identified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FULL STORY: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-tracing-app-contact-harald-covidsafe-alternative-tech-news-covid19/87c18051-5939-4642-a0ca-082f5aca37fd&quot; title=&quot;Researchers develop tracing app alternative to COVIDSafe&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Researchers develop tracing app alternative to COVIDSafe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"
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