The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) will provide a new coronavirus contact verification app (COCOA) on June 19, 2020 To be initiated. Smartphone proximity communication function may have been used to contact a person who is positive for the new coronavirus infection You can receive notifications about the nature of the disease. It is hoped that the increase in the number of users of the app will help prevent the spread of infection.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has developed the COCOA (COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application (COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application) in collaboration with the Tech Team for Novel Coronavirus Infections to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
COCOA uses a smartphone's proximity communication function (Bluetooth) to make it possible for the two parties to communicate with each other. Possibility of contact with a person who is positive for the new coronavirus infection, while ensuring privacy to avoid You can be notified about App users will know that they may have come in contact with a positive person, which will help to support the health department, such as getting tested. You can receive it quickly.
Contact is recorded in close proximity to other smartphones (generally within one meter for at least 15 minutes). ) as contact. The information in the proximity state was recorded in encryption only in the person's smartphone, and after 14 days It is automatically disabled after the first time. This record never leaves the device and the user can delete the app at any time by deleting it. The records can be deleted to No government agency or third party will use and collect contact records or personal information, such as GPS It does not use or record the location of the
To install it, go to the App Store or Google Play and click on the "Contact Confirmation App Search and install. The latest version is 1.0.0. Supported OS versions are iOS 13.5 or higher for iPhone devices and Android 6.0 or higher. The trial version (preview version) will be available for one month from June 19th. The trial version will be released on a trial basis for a month from June 19, and will be used for continuous improvement of the design and functions. He said he may update the app.
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