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Latvia to launch Google-Apple friendly coronavirus contact tracing app

Latvia goals to develop into some of the first nations to launch a smartphone app the usage of a brand new toolkit created via U.S. tech giants Apple and Alphabet's Google to lend a hand hint coronavirus infections.
Latvia aims to become one of the first countries to launch a smartphone app using a new toolkit created by U.S. tech giants Apple and Alphabet's Google to help trace coronavirus infections.

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