Germany’s COVID-19 App ‘Ready For Second Wave Of Infection’

07 May 2020

Germany is behind with its COVID-19 contract tracing app, having switched from a centralized to a decentralized concept, but the app will be ready in the event of a second – or third – wave of infection.

Germany’s COVID-19 Warn-App was promised in mid-April, but progress was held up over concerns relating to personal data storage. The solution now pursued is being programmed by Deutsche Telekom and SAP and uses a “decentralized software architecture” that is being developed by Apple and Google. But a second app implementation date, 1 May, has also passed.

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