The Minister of Health held a presentation of an app, which allows users to find out if they had been in contact with a person infected with coronavirus.

According to Ekaterine Tikaradze, this application will fully protect personal information.

“This is a very important app. Is has been used successfully in South Korea and Japan. The countries, which example is truly unprecedented. From today, our citizens will have the opportunity to fight against COVID-19 and take preventive measures together with the Government.

It was created on the basis on European legislation and it completely protects our personal information, which is very important. The application allows us to take care of our health, as well as to inform others of our infection, which will significantly help eliminate the chain of the spread of the infection.

Bluetooth, GPS, and other technologies are used to determine which smartphones have been in close proximity to each other. Information about the interaction between the users of the application – the date of contact, cases of a certain duration (more than 15 minutes) and distance (less than 2 meters), encrypted, stored locally, in the application of both users. If any person is confirmed with COVID-19, those who have been in contact with him/her in the last few days will receive a warning, an instruction – to remain in self-isolation and to apply to the relevant authorities immediately

I want to thank our Austrian colleagues for their hard work and assistance they have provided to us. I would also like to thank the Ministry’s team, which had been working 24 hours a day to ensure that our citizens have the opportunity to smoothly receive all necessary information in Georgian and enjoy the positive results of this application”, - concluded Ekaterine Tikaradze.