The UK's new Corona contact confirmation app recommends quarantine to over 1.7 million people and helps prevent the spread of the virus



The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) contact confirmation app released by the United Kingdom's

national health service has been quarantined by more than 1.7 million users since its release due to suspicion of close contact with infected people. It became clear that we had notified that we should do it. It has been pointed out that the contact confirmation app for the new coronavirus has not penetrated yet, but the NHS app seems to be showing a tremendous effect in the United Kingdom.

NHS COVID-19 app alerts 1.7 million contacts to stop spread of COVID-19 --GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-covid-19-app-alerts-17-million-contacts-to-stop-spread-of-covid-19

NHS COVID-19 app prevents 600,000 infections | iMore
https://www.imore.com/nhs-covid-19-app-prevents-600000-infections

Thousands of lives saved by NHS contact tracing app-9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/09/thousands-of-lives/

NHS's new coronavirus contact confirmation app released in September 2020 recommends voluntary quarantine for more than 1.7 million 'users who have had close contact with users diagnosed as positive for the new coronavirus' in England and Wales. It seems that he has notified that. The NHS is proud of the app's usefulness, stating that 'the app helped break the chain of infections between users and their communities.'

NHS's new Coronavirus contact confirmation app is the fastest way to notify general users that they may have been infected with a virus, and within 15 minutes of the app user entering a positive reaction in the app, a close contact. It is designed to notify you.

The app was installed more than 21.63 million times at the time of writing, accounting for 56% of smartphone users over the age of 16 in the UK, and was the second most installed free app in the country's App Store in 2020. It seems that it was an application for iOS. The new Coronavirus contact confirmation app works better as the number of installations increases.

A study conducted by researchers at the Alan Turing Institute in the United Kingdom and the University of Oxford found that for every 1% increase in app users, the number of cases of coronavirus disease in the entire population decreased by 2.3%. .. According to the same survey, it is estimated that NHS's new coronavirus contact confirmation app prevented 600,000 cases.



NHS's Matt Hancock said, 'NHS's new coronavirus contact confirmation app is an important tool for pandemics. Since its release in September 2020, we have recommended voluntary quarantine to hundreds of thousands of people, including myself. This analysis was very effective in breaking the chain of infections and is estimated to have prevented an estimated 600,000 cases. '' Isolation recommended when there is a potential for infection with the new coronavirus. Being done is essential to stop the spread of the virus, and the app will notify you most quickly if there is a risk of infection. ”“ Thanks to all the people who installed the app, We want to encourage people who haven't taken the easy steps to protect your community and loved ones to install the app. '

NHS's new coronavirus contact confirmation app has received over 3.1 million test results in England and Wales, of which 825,388 were positive. The test input includes both the test results reserved via the app and the test results manually entered into the app.

In addition, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan has also released the contact confirmation application 'COCOA' for the new coronavirus, and the installation method is summarized in the following article.

The official new corona contact confirmation app 'COCOA' from the Japanese government has been released, and when it is actually installed, it looks like this --GIGAZINE



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