The Corona warning app has received another update. The new version 1. 10 introduces a contact diary in which users can manually enter who they have met and which places they have visited. “This is important information for the health department and for finding chains of infection,” writes SAP in a blog post published on Monday. The software group is developing the open source app together with Telekom.

As SAP emphasizes, the information provided in the diary is only saved locally on the smartphone and automatically deleted after 16 days. You can also delete entries manually at any time.

Data transfer is voluntary Anyone who is infected can save the information from the diary as Export the RTF file and send it to the responsible health department. “This is of course voluntary,” emphasizes SAP. However, the information is a “great help” for the health authorities. They would gain valuable time in order to find and warn contacts at risk.

The new version of the Corona warning app is already available for download in Apple’s App Store. It is also available in Google’s Play Store. In some cases it can take a little longer until the new version is visible in the store.

Overall, the Corona warning app has already been 24 Millions of times downloaded, as a Telekom spokesman announced on Twitter on Monday. An Android version of the app that works without Google services has recently become available.

(cwo)