Inside Covid-19: How the Covid tracing app REALLY works - experts; vaccines; starving SAs - Ep 87

Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South Africans to download the Covid SA Alert app. The government’s plan is to use the app to trace people who have come into contact with Covid-19 infected individuals to self-isolate and, in so doing, use this as an alternative to strict shutdowns. But, some people are worried that the app will not work and that it may be a case of Big Brother encroaching on citizens’ rights to privacy. BizNews has been assessing the details of the app. In this package, you will hear from Discovery Health CEO Ryan Noach, who explains how the app works to BizNews founder Alec Hogg. Alec Hogg also spoke to Gaurang Tanna, the Head of Policy co-ordination and Integrated Planning at the National Department of Health behind the launch of mobile app Covid Alert SA. If you are worried about your privacy, hear what Emma Sadleir, a lawyer who is a data and privacy specialist has to say about the app. The University of Stellenbosch’s Professor Wolfgang Preiser, one of South Africa’s top medical specialists on diseases like Covid-19 says he has downloaded the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices