EU to link national Covid-19 tracing apps together


A file photo of a contact tracing app that Italy launched nationwide in its efforts to contain Covid-19's spread in Rome. The European Commission on Oct 19, 2020 launched an EU-wide system devised to link national Covid-19 tracing apps together in its latest effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. — AP

BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Oct 19 launched an EU-wide system devised to link national Covid-19 tracing apps together in its latest effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic.

Following testing in different EU countries earlier this autumn, the bloc’s executive arm said the system got underway with three national apps – Germany’s Corona-Warn-App, Ireland’s Covid tracker, and Italy’s immuni – now linked through the so-called interoperability gateway.

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