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Prime Minister Erna Solberg today launched “Infection Stop”, the much-talked-about infection detection app. She encourages everyone to download it.
“We want as many people as possible to download the app,” Prime Minister Solberg said during a press conference on Thursday afternoon.
The “Stop Infection” app is intended to assist authorities with infection detection, but can also be used to alert users that they have been around someone infected with the coronavirus.
– Personally, I think that if we want to regain everyday life and freedom, as many people as possible should download the app, Solberg said.
He noted that it is voluntary to download the application, but that it is legal to participate in infection monitoring work.
– I’ll even download the app to use today, he said.
Health and Care Minister Bent Høie (H) said during the press conference that it was important to make the app as secure as possible, noting that a group of independent experts was commissioned to evaluate the app.
– Norway is a society with high confidence and high digital competence. It is an advantage that allows a small country to do a lot, said the Minister of Health.
He noted that all the data in the app will be continuously deleted after 30 days and that the app itself will be removed in December.
The Institute of Public Health (FHI) warns of a huge increase Thursday afternoon and urges people not to give up if they have difficulty downloading the new app.
Tests in selected municipalities
The app must first be tested in Drammen and two other unknown municipalities. It will then be tested in 15 municipalities before being able to notify people across the country in May.
FHI Director Camilla Stoltenberg said during the press conference that frequent application and testing is essential to facilitate action in the community.
– Drammen is one of the municipalities that will test the solution. We had the first meeting with them today, and we will be working together in the near future, Stoltenberg said.
He encouraged as many people in Drammen as possible to download the app. Stoltenberg also said that at least 50 percent of the country should download the app for it to mount.
More concerned
The fact that “Stop the disease” information is stored centrally for 30 days has caused concern among a group of experts criticized by the Ministry of Health, with whom VG has spoken.
– The fact that the FHI solution requires that all the tracking data that the app continuously collects on the individual’s phone be transmitted and stored centrally, on a server controlled by the authorities, is a fundamental problem, the lawyer wrote and privacy expert Jon Wessel Aas in a VG chronicle.
However, the NHO recommends the app and believes that Norwegians should trust it when the Data Inspection has also been positive.
Downloading “Stop Illness” is optional and available from the App Store and Google Play Store. You can also choose whether to enable or disable registration features.
During the press conference on Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Solberg stressed that the data should not be used for anything other than tracking and stopping the infection.
The application has an age limit of 16 years and no upward limit.
APPLICATION: The Minister of Health and Care Bent Høie (H) presents a new application for monitoring infections “Stop infection” Photo: Sven Arne Buggeland / VG
Does not change the mouthwash tip
Earlier on Thursday, the FHI decided they would not change the mouthwash council, despite the fact that the European Agency for Disease Protection ECDC has asked all its member states to consider advising people to use mouthwash abroad.
– May be relevant later, but not today. Overall, we’ve updated our web pages, where we write a bit about why we’re not dating this tip now. One sees little documentation that it has an effect on healthy people, Eriksen-Volle tells NRK.
She also emphasizes that the advice can be changed.
– We consider that mouthwash among the healthy population is not an effective means of infection like the current situation, but it can be relevant in some places and in some situations.
The FHI website states the following:
“FHI does not recommend the use of mouthwash to the population, except for patients with suspected or proven covid-19 during transportation to or from the health service.”
The European Agency for Disease Control, ECDC, has just released a new report on the public use of mouthwash. The background to the report is reinforced evidence that people with mild or symptom-free symptoms also contribute to the spread of infection.
