Additional functions could make the Corona warning app more attractive

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The longer the pandemic lasts, the more people want to use the Corona warning app. One in three people aged 16 and over (32 percent) have already installed the Corona warning app, and a further 17 percent want to do so in the future. That corresponds to 33 million people in Germany who already use or want to use the app; in July 2020, this only applied to 28 million. A total of 46 percent do not use the Corona warning app, 20 percent of whom do not have a smartphone. The rest do not want to use it. However, that could change if the Corona warning app had additional functions: 63 percent of those who do not use the app would like it to provide information when infected people are nearby. More than half would like to receive automatic push notifications about the current status of their own risk and 46 percent would like to receive information about the location of a risky encounter.

One in five smartphone users (22 percent) who philippines gambling data do not want to use the Corona warning app would change their mind if they could book a Corona test appointment at short notice when they receive warnings from the app. "The coronavirus will be with us for a long time and contact tracing remains a challenge. If we succeed in making the Corona warning app more attractive, we could get more users excited about it," says Berg. Overall, 85 percent of all respondents are of the opinion that the app should be expanded with additional functions to relieve the burden on health authorities. 57 percent even want concrete incentives to promote the use of the Corona warning app.

The population is divided on issues of data protection: While 59 percent believe that data protection makes it more difficult to fight the pandemic, 43 percent welcome the fact that data protection is not being relaxed even in these special times. 10 percent of people agree with both statements - they see data protection as an obstacle to fighting the pandemic, but consciously accept this. "Many people are deeply unsettled by issues of data protection. Recurring data scandals have contributed to this, but the constant scaremongering about purely theoretical risks also contributes to this," says Bitkom President Achim Berg, calling for the debate to be made more objective and for a new balance of basic values. Berg: "We have to protect people's data, but we also have to protect their health."