Distribution slows down significantly: Around 18 percent of the German population now use the Corona warning app.
The Corona Warn app has reached 15 million downloads. That shared that Robert Koch Institute (RKI) today (July 6th) on Twitter with. The app was launched on June 16. A week after the publication, the RKI had already registered 12.2 million users. With this, the spread slowed down considerably after the initial success.
Around 18 percent of the German population is now using the app, which is intended to inform users whether they have come into contact with infected people. It is hoped that the chain of infection will be broken more quickly. According to a study by the University of Oxford, an epidemic can only be contained with such an app if it is used by 60 percent of the population.