The Immuni app is mandatory for local health authorities (and Conte plans to impose it on citizens as well) – Corriere.it

In both cases, however, there are two new features:
the first is contained in the Dpcm, which “to make contact tracing more effective by using the Immuni application” forces the health worker from the Prevention Department of the local health company, accessing the central Immuni system, to load the key code in the presence of a positive case ». What does that mean? Reiterating the provisions of the circular of the Ministry of Health of May 29, the decree loading forces In the system of the code generated by the application of those who discover that they are positive, it is equipped with Immuni and decides to communicate it to notify the users with whom it has been in contact in the last 14 days. The rule clarifies that the health worker from the Prevention Department of Asl, Ats or Usl (the name varies according to the Region) must take care of it, thus trying to cover the inefficiencies that have emerged in recent weeks. For example, him Messenger of the Veneto had discovered that the insertion of the codes on October 13 was not yet operational in Veneto and users from Liguria, Lombardy and other regions had reported that they had not found interlocutors capable of uploading the code after attempts with a general practitioner, health authorities premises and Immune Call Center.
The second novelty: second The impression, Prime Minister Conte is thinking of doing it mandatory request for citizens. The idea comes from the political leader of the 5 Star Movement, Vito Crimi, and undermines one of the pillars of the whole operation: voluntariness, also requested by the European Commission. If the Government really decided to impose the download of Immuni, it would also have to somehow take care of citizens who cannot download it because they do not have a suitable smartphone (those before 2015, including the iPhone 6). Will it encourage the purchase of new smartphones? Will you distribute alternative devices, such as those available in Singapore? And again: how will you verify compliance with the obligation? Will the use of Immuni correspond to circulation restrictions? Or will only those who download it have privileged access to the hyssop? The questions are the same as last April. Today we have more than twice as many daily positives and a renewed awareness that if the whole system – entering the codes and training the personnel who must deal with them, the buffer is available after 10 days for those who have received the notification and are asymptomatic (otherwise isolation is 14 days) – does not work, the application is a blunt weapon.

Meanwhile, the technical operations that will allow Immuni to exchange code with applications have been completed. German me irish. Since last Saturday, Immuni has been connected to the European Commission system that will drive the circulation of data in Europe. L ‘to update it is imminent (it’s up to us to download it and we should be able to do it today), as is the formalization of the operation. Those who download and activate or update the application will be able to report that they are moving to a certain country, in order to be notified if they have crossed a positive during the trip or alert those who have been near them even abroad just in case. Then discover the positivity of Sars-Cov-2.