# Coronavirus alerts: How to get news updates on your phone right now

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-alerts-how-to-get-news-updates-on-your-phone-right-now/849675>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-alerts-how-to-get-news-updates-on-your-phone-right-now/849675 "2020-03-17T19:35:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-alerts-how-to-get-news-updates-on-your-phone-right-now/849675/1 "2020-03-17T19:35:57Z")

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Swiped from CNET:

> **[The coronavirus situation is changing fast. Get alerts on your phone to stay...](https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/the-coronavirus-situation-is-changing-fast-get-alerts-on-your-phone-to-stay-informed/?bhid=27143444989485339830049342359844&ftag=CAD1acfa04&mid=12750043)**
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> Stop missing important updates about how COVID-19 is affecting your country and where you live.

Jenny  
your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-alerts-how-to-get-news-updates-on-your-phone-right-now/849675/2 "2020-03-17T20:13:56Z")

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I’d rather have an app that stopped all updates. I’m more sick from hearing about it all day than I would be if I caught the damn thing. Yes, it’s real and its happening, but it can’t and shouldn’t be the only thing happening.

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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-alerts-how-to-get-news-updates-on-your-phone-right-now/849675/3 "2020-03-17T22:40:13Z")

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Thanks Jenny