Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced that a new version of the StopCovid application will be launched on October 22.
- Faced with the failure of the StopCovid application, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the posting of a new version, scheduled for October 22.
- To date, StopCovid has only been installed 2.6 million times, while the UK and German apps have been downloaded 16 and 18 million times respectively.
“The government and the President of the Republic have asked to work on a new version which will be officially launched on October 22”. Faced with the failure of the StopCovid application, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced yesterday the posting of a new version, scheduled for October 22.
Exempt consumers who go to the restaurant from leaving their contact details
Already highly criticized for its low impact on the management of the health crisis, the new Stop Covid application will nevertheless have a definite advantage: allowing us not to leave our contact details when we go to a restaurant. “It will be a more interactive app, to motivate people to keep it on. Today, people download it but turn it off, which is no use anymore,” specifies Damien Mascret, medical journalist on France 2 (the French application has been uninstalled more than a million times, editor’s note). “If we leave the application active, we will be able to exempt consumers who go to the restaurant from leaving their contact details, it is still more discreet and more secure”, rightly notes the health professional.
A QR code for areas at risk of contamination
In addition, the French government could take inspiration from what the United Kingdom has proposed with its application launched on September 24. “It allows, in addition to tracking via Bluetooth, to scan a QR code when you enter a risk area, such as a bar or a restaurant. If a person is contaminated in this area, those who have been there at the same time are notified”, detail our colleagues from the Huffington post.
StopCovid is an application that is part of the Government’s overall deconfinement plan. “StopCovid aims to be an additional bulwark against the virus and complements the action of these teams and allows each user, on a voluntary basis, to know if they have had close contact with a sick person or to prevent other users if it has been diagnosed as a case of Covid-19”, explains the executive.
StopCovid has only been installed 2.6 million times
To date, StopCovid has only been installed 2.6 million times, while the UK and German apps have been downloaded 16 and 18 million times respectively. 7,969 people declared themselves to be positive and 472 notifications were sent to potential contact cases.
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