France’s StopCovid tracing app available as country reopens

The French app StopCovid, meant to trace the virus' future spread, May 29. France is the first major democracy to roll out such an app, and many people fear it invades their privacy. — AP

France’s contact-tracing app, which the government hopes will prevent a resurgence of Covid-19 as lockdown measures ease, will be available to download on June 2. They just have to get people to use it.

StopCovid will be available to download at noon in Paris in the Apple Inc and Android app stores, the government said. Downloading it is voluntary, and it will act as a supplement for human tracers who will manually go through an infected person’s contacts.