The German gvernment’s app developed for users to notify their contacts if they test positive for the coronavirus stopped sending out its warnings on Monday.
The app, used millions of times since the emergence of Covid-19, was used to let others know if they were at risk of developing the virus if someone they knew turned out to be infected.
With case numbers significantly lower, the app is to go into “sleep mode” on 1 June, meaning it won’t receive updates for the time being.
However, app users can keep it on their mobile phones in order to show their digital vaccination certificates.
Some 9 million people enabled more than 270 million warnings after testing positive using the app, the makers said, since its launch on June 16, 2020. It was downloaded more than 48 million times, with up to 35 million actively using it, they said.
Users who installed the app were notified of the distance and length of encounters. The ministry said the app can be “woken up” from sleep mode if infection figures increase again.
Source: Oman News Agency