On June 2, 2020, the contact tracking application StopCovid, developed by the French government, landed on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Since then, between 2 and 2.5 million French Internet users have downloaded the app, ie. less than 4% of the French population, says Cédric O during an interview with our colleagues at Cnews. Therefore, we are far from the 14% required for monitoring to have a real impact on the epidemic curve.
Frankly, this does not mean that 2.5 million French actually use StopCovid. As Cédric O noted in June, many French eventually abolished the practice. Likewise, many did not activate the application after downloading. According to figures released at the end of June, only 1,814,048 users activated the app for 2 million downloads.
In three weeks, StopCovid has sent only 14 alerts. It’s unclear how many the app is currently transmitting. As a reminder, the app notifies users when they encounter a person who has been declared positive for Covid-19. In order for the application to work, patient users must declare themselves on StopCovid with a code given by the doctor or the scanning laboratory.
According to Cédric O, however It’s too early to evaluate your project. “I think we will not be unhappy if the epidemic returns to own this vehicle within the framework of health interventions” He estimates that the Secretary of State for Digital Transition raises the possibility of a second wave of epidemics in the coming months. According to the latest weekly epidemiological update from Public Health France, the coronavirus has also resurfaced in France, with a 54% increase in cases within a week, especially among young people (20-30 years old).
Source : C news
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