It will not be StopCovid version 2, nor TéléCovid - named after a service deployed in Morbihan - as Jean Castex called it during his interview on France Info on Monday.
The President of the Republic announced on Wednesday the launch of the new “All Anti Covid” application.
He admitted that the StopCovid application had not worked because it had been downloaded very little, only by two and a half million people.
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For several weeks, I have asked the teams to completely reconfigure things,
” said Emmanuel Macron. This new application will contain information about the virus, such as where to get tested or how the virus circulates. It will also make it possible to trace contact cases. The President of the Republic has given a principle: turn on the application when you are in a place where you are exposed.