The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to set up an investigation team within the ministry and proceed with verification work in response to the trouble that some users were not notified by the contact confirmation application "COCOA" of the new coronavirus. ..

"COCOA" is a smartphone that records data between users who have been within 1 meter for 15 minutes or more, and notifies the other party that "there is a possibility of close contact" when infection with the new coronavirus is detected. Since the end of September last year, it has become clear that users of the basic software "Android" have not been detected or notified.



The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to repair it by the middle of this month, but in response to this problem, we will set up a research team within the ministry and invite outside IT experts to proceed with the verification work.



In addition, regarding this trouble, the IT General Strategy Office of the Cabinet Secretariat said that there are problems with the management system of "COCOA" such as the number of staff with specialized knowledge in the digital field is limited to the ministry. Will be in charge of this, and the policy is to consider a drastic review of the system.