(ANSA) - GENEVA, MAY 9 - Switzerland will launch next week a smartphone application designed to track people potentially infected with Covid-19. At the same time, the indication according to which customers should leave their name and telephone number to access the restaurants, which will be able to reopen its doors from Monday, has been made optional. Earlier this week, the parliament thwarted the government's original launch plans, deciding that the app could not get the go-ahead without an adequate legal basis, while Adrian Lobsiger - responsible for government data protection - said that there is no basis. legal to impose an obligation on restaurateurs to identify their customers. The app uses Bluetooth technology to register other phones that are located in the immediate vicinity. The pilot phase, which should run until May 31, will be limited to "a specific population group," said Health Minister AlainBerset.
Coronavirus: Switzerland, the app from Monday
2020-05-09T11:03:04.335Z
Switzerland will launch a smartphone app next week designed to track down people potentially infected with Covid-19. (HANDLE)