After Nuremberg, Bavaria is now introducing the Luca app.
A complete follow-up could thus be possible.
However, there are still a few points of criticism.
Update from April 9th:
All of Bavaria would like to use the Luca app in the future to make it easier to follow up contacts in the corona pandemic.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * (CSU) announced on Wednesday in a press conference after a cabinet meeting that the Free State is acquiring a license across Bavaria.
The Bavarian health authorities can exchange information through the app.
This can help identify and break chains of infection.
Other federal states, such as Baden-Württemberg and Thuringia, are already relying on the app.
Bavaria introduces Luca app - there are still some points of criticism
However, the app has come under heavy criticism in the last few weeks.
According to
Bayerischer Rundfunk
(BR), an enormous problem is that the codes for checking in can theoretically be used from anywhere.
For example, it is possible to check in from the sofa at an event that takes place several federal states away.
For example, over 100 people checked in at the Osnabrück Zoo on Wednesday night - including the satirist Jan Böhmermann, as
reported by
the
BR
.
The hashtag “#LucaFail” was circulating on Twitter *.
Another point of criticism is that the app is used in zoos, but that there is only one code for a large area.
This could result in a zoo visitor being warned of a possible infection during contact follow-up, even though they were more than a kilometer away from the infected person at any time, according to the
BR
.
Even experts from IT repeatedly notice gaps and deficiencies in the app.
It was recently announced that the number of visitors can be found out by anyone with a few tricks.
First report from March 25th
Nuremberg
- The city of Nuremberg * is the first city in Bavaria to use the so-called Luca app.
On Monday (March 22nd), the city signed a cooperation agreement with the provider of the app, according to a statement from the city.
The app serves to refine the contact tracking and to offer people more easily the opportunity to visit shops, restaurants or cultural events again if the Corona * lockdown is relaxed.
"The use of the app simplifies a step-by-step return to a more normal life in the city if all Corona hygiene requirements are complied with," says Mayor Marcus König.
“In a very short time, the city's IT experts, together with the app developers, succeeded in creating an interface to the health department.” The app can now be installed by citizens and is free of charge for everyone.
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Nuremberg introduces Luca app - how exactly does the app work?
The users register in the app with their contact details.
For example, when they visit a restaurant or an event, they check in using a QR code with their mobile phone camera.
With this “check-in”, a “fingerprint” of the encounters within the location is created.
The app then saves the contact in a virtual box.
Only the health authorities can access this data.
In the event of infection, the health department requests the host or the organizer to check-ins and can then inform the contact person, as stated in the city's notification.
Check-out takes place either in the app or automatically when you move away from the check-in location.
This optional function ("geo-fencing") can be activated by operators and takes place by determining the location of the users.
Luca app also used in other cities
The Luca app was developed by the guys from the band “Die Fantastischen Vier” together with neXenio and culture4life.
The app has been on the market since the end of November and is already being used successfully in several other German cities.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will shortly be introducing it nationwide, as the pilot test in Rostock * was successful.
In Thuringia, after the test phase in Jena, a deployment in all 22 health authorities is planned.
A pilot project is also running in three health authorities in Baden-Württemberg.
"Complete tracking and interruption of infection chains is an important basic requirement for possible opening steps", says health officer Britta Walthelm.
The app could help to facilitate contact tracking and thus detect chains of infection at an early stage.
Private meetings can also be tracked with the app.
In the event of an infection, the app guarantees a secure and encrypted digital reporting chain to the health department.
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tkip)
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