Contact Confirmation App New Corona Remains Only 3 Registered by Infected Person 8:08 8:07
Regarding 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, it is understood that the registration from the infected person necessary for notification has been limited to 3 people so far It was. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling for the use of the app to prevent the spread of infection.
This "contact confirmation app", which can be downloaded to smartphones, records each other's data when users approach each other for more than 15 minutes and within 1 meter.
When a user confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus registers the processing number issued by the public health center, the recorded contact is notified of the suspicion of rich contact, so that notification can be made from 3rd of this month became.
However, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of users who were confirmed to have been infected and registered a treatment number was only three by 5 pm on the 8th.
According to NHK's summary, the number of people confirmed to be infected by the 3rd to 7th of this month is more than 1100, and the ratio of those who registered the infection in the application is less than 0.3%.
On the other hand, the number of downloads of the application is about 6.1 million at 5 pm on the 8th.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "We are seeking cooperation to use the app to prevent the spread of infection, and we would like to keep trying to keep it informed."