BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – A new version of the federal government’s official corona warning app is able to summarize valid vaccination or recovery certificates as well as a digital test certificate in an overall status. The operators of the app, SAP (SAP SE) and Deutsche Telekom, announced this in a blog entry. Version 2.16.1 was already available for the iPhone in Apple’s App Store on Tuesday morning. The version for Android smartphones should be available by Wednesday evening.
In order for the different certificates to be correctly combined into an overall status, the details of the evidence must match. This applies to data such as the date of birth, all first names and the spelling of the name. Four different combination displays are then displayed in the app: “2G”, “2G+”, “3G” and “3G+”.
Users of the Corona-Warn-App (CWA) can switch between the QR code of the proof of vaccination or recovery and the code of the test certificate via a switch, in order to provide a 2G-plus proof quickly and easily. Both QR codes must be checked on site using the CovPassCheck app along with presentation of ID if 2G plus proof is required.
The “2G+” status in the app means that the person is fully vaccinated or has recovered and also has a recent negative test. For this status, users must have stored a vaccination or recovery certificate in the warning app and also a PCR or rapid test certificate that is no more than 72 or 48 hours old.
For data protection reasons, when the certificates are checked by the CovPassCheck app, it is not clear whether the person has a vaccination or recovery certificate. “When scanning the QR code, the inspectors only see whether the certificate is valid or not.”
The creators of the app pointed out that this is not yet up to date in one respect: vaccinated or recovered who have received a booster vaccination must namely, according to the decision of the federal and state health ministers at a 2G-plus regulation is currently not presenting a current test. “The CWA does not yet take this regulation into account in the status display. This means that if there is a certificate of vaccination or recovery and a certificate of the booster vaccination, it does not yet show the 2G+ status. The project team is already working on the CWA showing certificates of booster vaccinations in the future included accordingly.”
The CWA is intended to help curb infection rates with the corona virus. The CWA anonymously registers people who have been at a distance of two meters or less for a longer period of time as high-risk contacts. With the Luca app, the visitor’s contact details are securely recorded, which are made available to the health department if necessary.
According to the RKI, the Corona warning app from the Robert Koch Institute has now been downloaded 40.7 million times./chd/DP/ngu