The beer gardens and street cafes are already open in more and more cities and districts.

Cinemas, museums and theaters are added, and maybe even an evening in the bar or club will soon be possible.

But the procedure for guests and innkeepers is complicated and time-consuming - contact sheets often still have to be filled out by hand, and there is a problem with the transmission of information to the health authorities.

Matthias Trautsch

Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

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    According to the will of the three young Frankfurt entrepreneurs Andre Braun, Marko Kraemer and Lennard Henning Arand, this should now be an end.

    With the support of the Neu-Isenburg investor Care1, your company, Plutus GmbH, developed the “Care1 Corona Pass” app within a few weeks.

    "Full service solution"

    The app has been available in the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store for a few days.

    The 18-year-old Braun and the 16-year-old Kraemer speak of a “digital full-service solution” and a “holistic approach”.

    In contrast to competing products such as the Luca app and the federal government's Corona warning app, from the start it was not just about contact tracking, but also about comprehensive prevention against the spread of Covid-19 and an easy way back to the Normality of daily life.

    The software is available to everyone involved in the process of vaccinating, testing, collecting and reviewing data as well as tracking: citizens, test stations, owners of gastronomic and cultural sites, health authorities as well as doctors and vaccination centers.

    Depending on the role in this process, there are different versions of the software, partly via the smartphone app, partly via the web.

    Citizens can download the app to their cell phone and use it to make an appointment at one of the registered test stations nearby.

    The result then no longer has to be called up by email, but appears directly in the app.

    A positive result can be reported to the health department, a negative result allows for eight hours to visit participating restaurants or theaters, swimming pools, fitness clubs, massage parlors are also conceivable - i.e. all places where only people who are not infectious should come together.

    Nearby providers who work with the “Care1 Corona Pass” appear in an overview in the app.

    At the entrance, users only have to show the QR code that appears in the app; their contact details are automatically transmitted.

    Funded by Sasan Tabib

    Since the graphic is renewed within a few seconds, fraud - for example by taking a photo - should be ruled out.

    According to Braun, data protection, for example when tracking chains of infection, is guaranteed.

    The development was financed by Sasan Tabib, who trades in electronic components with his Neu-Isenburg-based company Chip One, but who also sells rapid antigen tests, gloves, protective clothing and other medical products with its sister company Care1.

    He was immediately taken with the idea of ​​the young development team, says Tabib.

    That is why he took over the costs and provided the programmers with his consultants who are experienced in the test industry.

    The use of the software is not only free for citizens, but also for professional and government users, developers and investors do not want to earn anything with the “Care1 Corona Pass” according to their own statements.

    Braun and Kraemer say that with Plutus GmbH - like many companies in the digital industry - they were among the winners of the corona pandemic, but the thought of being a crisis profiteer is not pleasant.

    The app makes it possible to stand up for society.

    Then there is also personal motivation.

    “We just don't feel like waiting for things to return to normal,” says Braun.

    In view of the large number of Covid-19 apps that are currently on the market, it is uncertain which systems will prevail.

    The 43-year-old Tabib is calm about it.

    Health department is examining options

    "If people end up choosing another app that improves their lives, that's okay with me too." He definitely sees a great future in working with the young developers.

    "And as far as Corona is concerned, I especially hope that the issue will soon be resolved."

    The development team is currently in contact with professional and public users who are considering using the system.

    Among other things, the Frankfurt health department is checking the possibilities of the app.

    What is needed are solutions “how we can all get back into social interaction,” says health department head Stefan Majer (The Greens).

    "It's possible with a digital application that offers us everything from booking an antigen test to checking in at the venue and tracking contacts."