Coronavirus: short-choice app for tracking, the agreement on the Immuni platform

2020-04-16T20:43:20.740Z

"It's a matter of hours", as reported by Ansa, for the signing of the contract for the Italian app for the tracking of contagion from coronavirus. "The government is accelerating" - explain the same sources. The choice would converge towards the app designed by Bending Spoons together with other realities such as the medical center Santagostino di Luca Foresti and would be called "Immuni". The final step must however be sanctioned by Vittorio Colao's task force and pass to the signature of Commissioner Arcuri. Voluntary app in pilot regions "The 'contact tracing' app will be an important pillar in the management of the next phase of the emergency. We are working with the Ministry of Innovation and the Council Presidency to begin the experimentation, which we hope can be started. in some pilot regions, and then extend it. We hope for a massive voluntary membership of the citizens ". Emergency commissioner Domenico Arcuri said it on Tg1. "We hope that citizens can endure and support the contact tracking system, which will help us capitalize on the experience of the previous phase and prevent it from being replicated," continued Arcuri.