Quebec Won’t Ask Population to Use COVID 19 Contact Tracing Smartphone App

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference as he visits the Public Health Agency of Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on July 31, 2020. Quebec is announcing it doesn't intend to use the federal COVID-19 contact tracing app, at least for now. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

MONTREAL—The Quebec government says it won’t recommend Quebecers download the federal COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone application—at least for now.

Eric Caire, minister responsible for digital transformation, said Tuesday the app isn’t needed at the moment because the province’s infection rate is in decline.