The federal and state governments are positive about the addition of the Corona warning app
No time right now?
The Luca app, which was developed with the participation of the Fantastischen Vier, is quickly gaining supporters. Leading politicians can imagine the nationwide deployment.
At the Prime Minister’s Conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) on Wednesday, among other things, agreement was reached on establishing a better way of tracking contacts. This should happen in the form of an app and be implemented uniformly nationwide, as NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) confirmed in the state parliament on Thursday. This means that further opening steps could be taken, for example in the direction of gastronomy or culture.
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Thuringia rushes forward, other politicians join in
After the deliberations, Angela Merkel had also spoken of considering an additional app – for “contact tracking, especially for visits to events, outdoor restaurants and the like”. Merkel had the Luca app specifically mentioned. Luca had asked for information from image Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) also expressed a positive opinion.
For Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke), the matter is apparently already clear. The MDR he said that Thuringia wanted to use the Luca app across the board. Luca is already walking in Jena anyway.
Spahn less enthusiastic
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) is less enthusiastic. This is understandable insofar as the expensive Corona warning app from his ministry might get more effective competition. That should annoy him all the more as work is being done on an “event registration function” for the Corona warning app to make contact tracking easier. Like the Luca app, it should work with QR codes and anonymously, but it won’t be ready until after Easter.
So Spahn is initially satisfied with pointing out, “The federal states must also adapt their corona protection ordinances for this, and the health authorities must integrate these systems. That has to happen at the regional level. “
Clear tendency towards Luca
For the makers of Luca, it now has to be patient. It can be assumed as certain that a system will be used to supplement the Corona warning app.
What Luca is, how it works and where it is already in use, we have examined in detail in this article.
