FILE PHOTO – An EPFL staff displays the tracing application “SwissCovid” on his mobile device on the second day of the pilot for the app based on Google and Apple protocols during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s lower house of parliament gave a preliminary green light on Monday to contact tracing app SwissCovid, which should roll out this month to help contain the coronavirus pandemic.
The upper chamber of parliament already approved the app last week, meaning it is likely to pass final formal votes in both chambers next week, allowing the government to adopt a decree implementing the scheme.
Several European countries are looking to a second generation of contact tracing apps that work on Apple’s iPhone, one of the most popular smartphones in Europe, and do not rely on centralised databases that could compromise…
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