RKI - COVID-19 - Interrupt chains of infection digitally with the Corona-Warn-App - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

Why the Corona-Warn-App is important

A key element in the fight against any pandemic is to interrupt the chains of infection. The Corona-Warn-App can make an important contribution to this and thereby support the health authorities in tracing contacts.

The health authorities use information from individuals who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 to identify those with whom they were in contact before in order to contain the spread of the pathogen.

The Corona-Warn-App is an important supplement because it helps to map exposures and supports the public health authorities. Encounters with strangers in public spaces are also recorded and potentially exposed individuals are identified faster, because this happens automatically in the Corona-Warn-App.

Contact tracing by the health authorities remains necessary, e.g. to identify or inform people who do not use the app or do not have a smartphone. However, contact tracing and notification via the App does not replace the reporting channels specified by the German Infection Protection Act.

Every user of the Corona-Warn-App makes an important contribution to the containment of the pandemic. We thank the citizens for their interest and participation!

The App is published by the Robert Koch Institute on behalf of the German government.

Important note: Your data is safe. The Corona-Warn-App meets the highest standards of data protection and works with very little data. However, this means that only a limited amount of data is available for evaluation.

Other effective and important ways to interrupt chains of infection:
the daily wearing of masks,
practicing hand hygiene,
observing coughing and sneezing etiquette,
observing the principle of social distancing,
ventilate enclosed spaces,
as well as supplementary guidelines and recommended actions for medical personnel.

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