The HaMagen app allows users to decide whether to report their exposure to the coronavirus to the ministry. — Reuters
TEL AVIV: Around 1.5 million Israelis have downloaded a mobile app in the past week that alerts users who have crossed paths with a coronavirus patient, according to the Health Ministry, helping to improve tracking of the pandemic.
The app HaMagen — Hebrew for The Shield — is sparking interest from abroad with approaches from Germany, Italy, Britain, Australia and Chile so far, ministry deputy director general Morris Dorfman said Wednesday.
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