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Mainz (dpa / lrs) - The Rhineland-Palatinate state government is pushing for a fast and uniform digital solution for contact tracking of corona infections - for example via an app.

This is necessary “to accompany opening steps in all areas of social life and to ensure that the data exchange runs quickly,” said Health Minister Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (SPD) on Wednesday in Mainz.

At the initiative of Rhineland-Palatinate, the conference of health ministers will deal with it in its next meeting on Monday (March 15).

The Prime Ministers and the Chancellor had decided that the federal states would agree on a common approach to electronic contact follow-up.

The head of the Federal Chancellery, Helge Braun (CDU), also advocated a quick decision on corona contact tracking with the Luca app on Tuesday.

A possible start of the additional app could take place, for example, on March 22nd, when outdoor restaurants are reopened in some regions, he said at an event organized by the software company Microsoft.

The Luca app could be a solution, but a nationwide approach is crucial, according to the Ministry of Health in Mainz.

Last fall, Dehoga relied on the BarCov contact data app from a Mayen startup before the second lockdown.

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With the Luca app, visitors to a café, a restaurant, a cultural event, but also a football game or a similar event can check in and leave their contact details in the event of a corona warning.

While some federal states such as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have already decided to license the Luca system, other federal states have not yet made a decision.

Luca's competitors and open source activists criticize the app, among other things because it was not developed open-source.

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