Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says the COVIDSafe app was designed with mass gatherings in mind, but fears there has not been a big enough take-up for it to be effective following the Black Lives Matter protests.
It is not known how many protesters at the Black Lives Matter demonstrations had the COVIDSafe app on their phones
Health authorities at both state and federal level urged against partaking in the protests, saying it could undo months of work containing the spread of coronavirus in Australia. "Unfortunately, we don't know how many people who were at the protest may have had the app on the phone, so it would rely on that.
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