About MI COVID Alert
MI COVID Alert is the COVID-19 exposure notification app supported by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), in partnership with SpringML, Google, and Apple. This app uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)...
MI COVID Alert is the COVID-19 exposure notification app supported by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), in partnership with SpringML, Google, and Apple. This app uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) API framework created through a unique collaboration between Apple and Google.
Your personal use of MI COVID Alert helps inform others of possible exposure to COVID-19 if they are suspected of having been within close proximity to someone who has tested positive. When you download MI COVID Alert, you are helping your community stay ahead of any potential surge in COVID-19 cases.
How MI COVID Alert Works:
Once downloaded, users of the app who have enabled it will exchange anonymous Bluetooth “keys” (random alpha-numeric codes that represent a Bluetooth signal) with other MI COVID Alert users.
If someone reports that they tested positive for COVID-19, the app will search for other users who shared the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signal. The BLE signals are date-stamped and MI COVID Alert estimates how close the two devices were based on signal strength. If the timeframe was at least 15 minutes and the estimated distance was within six feet, then the other user receives a notification of a possible exposure. Names of users and locations of possible exposure are never tracked and never shared.
The BLE framework within MI COVID Alert will run in the background, even if the exposure notification app is closed. It will not drain the device battery at a rate faster than other apps that use normal Bluetooth and/or are open and running continuously.
How MI COVID Alert Protects Your Privacy:
MDHHS takes your privacy very seriously. This is why we chose to use the Apple and Google BLE framework. No personal data or location tracking occurs within MI COVID Alert.
MDHHS and local public health staff follow up with persons who have a positive COVID-19 laboratory report. Public health will provide MI COVID Alert users with a validation pin. That validation pin must be entered into the app to report a notification of possible exposure to other users. This prevents people from falsely reporting positive results, which could generate false exposure notifications.
If you have the current Apple or Google operating system installed on your device, you may have noticed that Exposure Notifications are now included. You cannot enable this function until you have downloaded MI COVID Alert. Apple and Google will delete the exposure notification service tools from their respective operating systems once the pandemic reaches a point that public health no longer requires the use of this technology.
Thank you for downloading MI COVID Alert! Together, we can protect our family, friends, and communities.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of MI COVID Alert since it was posted on our website on 2020-11-03 06:33:58.
The latest version is 2.0 and it was updated on 2024-04-22 16:43:41. See below the changes in each version.
MI COVID Alert version 2.0
Updated At: 2022-05-12
Changes: Default language - en-US
Slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect your family, friends and community while still protecting your privacy - simply by using the MI COVID Alert app on your phone.
Our latest version of MI COVID Alert includes text changes per latest CDC guidelines..
MI COVID Alert version 2.0
Updated At: 2022-02-11
Changes: Add your phone to the COVID fight! Download the free MI COVID Alert app to help Michigan stop COVID-19.
MI COVID Alert version 1.4
Updated At: 2021-08-24
Changes: Slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect your family, friends and community while still protecting your privacy - simply by using the MI COVID Alert app on your phone.
Our latest version of MI COVID Alert includes minor bug fixes.
MI COVID Alert version 1.2
Updated At: 2020-12-24
Changes: Minor fixes
MI COVID Alert version 1.0
Updated At: 2020-12-22
Changes: Added language support for Arabic and Spanish
MI COVID Alert version 1.0
Updated At: 2020-11-20
Changes: Small updates and bug fixes for improved display on various devices.
MI COVID Alert version 1.0
Updated At: 2020-11-04
Changes: MI COVID Alert has been updated to follow the CDC's new guidelines of a close contact as being within 6 feet for 15 minutes in a single day.
Additionally, positive users can enter the date their symptoms began so that others' devices can only provide an exposure notification if they were potentially exposed while that user was considered contagious.
MI COVID Alert version 1.0
Updated At: 2020-10-13
Changes: Initial release of MI COVID Alert, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Exposure Notifications app.
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