Japan's health ministry will study possible glitches in its coronavirus contact tracing app, as an increasing number of users have been complaining about it.
The ministry says the app, known as COCOA, had been downloaded more than 17 million times as of Thursday since its launch in June.
Japan's health ministry is resuming the nation's coronavirus contact-tracing app service on Wednesday. The app has been under repair because of a glitch.
The smartphone app is designed to notify users who are thought to have been in close contact with someone infected with the virus.
Japan's health ministry resumed its coronavirus contact-tracing app service on Friday.
The ministry said on Thursday that it fixed a glitch which was found just days after the smartphone application was rolled out on June 19.
Japan's health ministry is trying to repair a glitch in the nation's coronavirus contact-tracing app, which was rolled out just days ago.
The smartphone app is designed to notify users who are thought to have been in close contact with someone infected with the virus.
Japan's government is urging citizens to download a free coronavirus contact-tracing app that became available at app stores on Friday.
A smartphone with the app will record encrypted data sent out by other smartphones within a one-meter radius after 15 minutes of contact.
The Japanese government is launching a smartphone app designed to notify people who have come into close contact with individuals confirmed infected with the coronavirus.
It will release the free software on app distribution platforms on Friday.
Japan's health ministry is planning to roll out a coronavirus contact-tracing app as early as next week.
The ministry revealed an outline on Friday.
The Japanese government plans to make a coronavirus contact-tracing app available by the end of this month.
The app records the data of smartphones that come within a certain distance of each other. People will then be alerted if they have been in close contact with someone diagnosed with the virus.