The Corona-Warn tracing app on a smartphone in this arranged photograph in Berlin, Germany. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
BERLIN: Germany launched a coronavirus tracing app on June 16 that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it, though developers acknowledge it isn't perfect yet.
Smartphone apps have been touted as a high-tech tool in the effort to track down potential Covid-19 infections. Experts say finding new cases quickly is key to clamping down on fresh clusters, especially as countries slowly emerge from lockdowns and try to avoid a second wave of infections and deaths.
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The Corona-Warn tracing app on a smartphone in this arranged photograph in Berlin, Germany. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
The Corona-Warn tracing app is displayed on a smartphone near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
German Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks next to Head of the Robert Koch Institute Lothar Wieler and German Chancellery's Chief of Staff Helge Braun during the presentation of the new contact-tracing smartphone app that will use Bluetooth short-range radio and technology standards from Apple and Google to alert people of the risk of infection with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Berlin, Germany. — Reuters
Steinmeier (right) and Buedenbender show they have downloaded the new contact-tracing smartphone app that will use Bluetooth short-range radio and technology standards from Apple and Google to alert people of the risk of infection with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Berlin, Germany. — Reuters
The Corona-Warn tracing app is displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph in Berlin. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
The Corona-Warn tracing app is displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph in Berlin, Germany. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
The Corona-Warn tracing app is displayed in this arranged photograph at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
The Corona-Warn tracing app is displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph at a cafe terrace in Berlin. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
The Corona-Warn tracing app is displayed on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany. Germany called on its citizens to download a delayed app designed to help prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus, betting that civic duty is enough to get people to use the software and rejecting criticism that it will be ineffective. — Bloomberg
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