Revised version of new Corona "contact confirmation application" released by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 21:01 on September 8
Regarding the "contact confirmation app" of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has released a revised version, saying that there is a case where there is a high possibility that an infected person has been in heavy contact but is not notified.
"COCOA", a contact confirmation application for smartphones, records data between users who have been in the area for 15 minutes or more within 1 meter. To do.
However, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, users have pointed out that "it is not likely to be notified although there is a high possibility that the family has been infected and made heavy contact."
On the other hand, there are cases where notifications are sent even if there is a low possibility of making heavy contact such as not going out.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare improved the accuracy of detecting rich contacts on the 8th, and released a modified version of the OS "iOS" for iPhone.
"Android" will also be released soon.
COCOA has been downloaded about 16 million times so far and is the third time it will be modified.
Regarding COCOA, there are some cases in which "there is a possibility of contact with a positive person" is displayed on the screen, but even if the application is opened, "No contact was confirmed" is displayed. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is investigating the cause.