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June 10, 2020

French tracking app tops one million downloads

StopCovid launched on June 2. Since then, France’s app for tracing the spread of coronavirus has been installed on more than 1m phones.


More than a million people in France downloaded the government-backed tracing app StopCovid in the first week after it was launched — about one in every 50 smartphone owners in the country.

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How the app works: flag when you're tested positive for Covid-19 and people who've crossed your path will get a warning.
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Users who've installed the app get a warning on their phone when someone they've come across gets coronavirus.
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