SwissCovid for Android

11 things about SwissCovid

1. With a combination of the SwissCovid app, contact tracing and complying with the rules, we can continue to keep the coronavirus effectively in check.

2. SwissCovid is the official contact tracing app of Switzerland and is operated by the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH.

3. This alerts other app users with whom they were in close contact or who were checked in at the same location during the infectious period (two days before the onset of symptoms).

4. If a SwissCovid app user tests positive for the coronavirus, they will receive what is called a Covidcode.

5. SwissCovid will help to contain the new coronavirus.

6. SwissCovid check-ins allow you to check in to a location or meeting with the app.

7. To do so, you generate a SwissCovid QR code in the app that people can use to check in on site.

8. The data that your SwissCovid app collects is only stored locally on your smartphone.

9. The phone does not send any personal or location data to a central storage location or server.

10. The more people who install and use the app, the more effectively the app can help us to contain the new coronavirus.

11. It records any encounters that it has with other phones (closer than 1.5 metres and for longer than 15 minutes in any one day), as these are the situations in which you are most likely to become infected with the virus.