"Contact confirmation app" Fixed bugs and started notification from 3rd Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare July 2nd 21:12
A problem was found in the ``contact confirmation application'' that can be notified when there is a suspicion of a heavy contact with a person infected with the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare corrects the application and starts notification to notify the contact from 3 days Then I announced.
The app will record each other's data when people with smartphones come closer than 1 meter for more than 15 minutes.
When a user is infected with the new coronavirus, a processing number is issued by the public health center, and when the infected person enters it in the application, the contacted person is notified.
The operation started on the 19th of last month, but after that, a defect was found and the issue of the process number was suspended until now. And the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that it will modify the application, issue the processing number from 3rd, and start notification to notify the contact.
Those who have already downloaded the app will need to update to the fixed version.
The app has been downloaded about 2.99 million as of 2 pm on the 2nd.