A woman, wearing a protective face mask, looks at her mobile phone in Nice following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a launch over the weekend.
The plan for the so-called “StopCovid” app, which had caused frictions even within President Emmanuel Macron’s parliament majority because of privacy concerns, was approved by 338 MPs versus 215.
Reporting by Michel Rose, Editing by Franklin Paul
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