No, Apple and Google have not made Immune "superfluous"

No, Apple and Google have not made Immune superfluous

The new system update will help countries that have not developed a contact tracing app. In Italy, Immuni will continue to be used

App for contact tracing against the coronavirus (Getty Images) Apple and Google have launched a new software framework that will help world health authorities in tracing contacts to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The new notification framework has been developed as an extension of the previous one and will allow countries that have not yet developed their own contact tracing application, not to have to. By simply configuring the new framework according to the needs of the state, it will be possible to carry out contact tracing without the need for an application.

“As a next step in our work with public health authorities on exposure notifications, we are making it easier and faster for them to use the exposure notification system without the need to create and maintain an app, "Apple and Google said in a statement:" Exposure Notifications Express provides another option for public health authorities to integrate their current contact tracing operations with technology without compromising the fundamental principles of the user privacy and security project ".

Immuni continues to serve in Italy

The new system it will not replace existing applications. This means that in Italy it will still be necessary to install the Immuni application on your device to be able to keep track of the contacts registered anonymously and to be informed of a contact at risk, after a person, having taken the test for coronavirus, voluntarily uploaded the result to the app. To reiterate the need to use Immuni to do contact tracing in Italy are the developers themselves.




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