The COVID Tracker app was a digital contact tracing mobile app by the Irish
Government and the Health Service Executive (HSE). It was released on 7 July
2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Ireland.
The app is no longer needed because of:
the success of the COVID-19 vaccination programme
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access to treatment for people at highest risk from the virus
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high levels of COVID-19 immunity in the population
We will use the knowledge, technology and lessons learnt from the app to help
respond to future pandemic threats and inform how we provide digital services
in the future. As we are committed to under the Data Protection Impact
Assessment we are closing down the app, deleting the limited amount of data
that was stored centrally and winding down the technology that the app was
built on.
From Friday, 30 June 2023 the app will no longer be available to download from
the App Store and Play Store. Contact tracing will be turned off and statistics
will no longer be updated. You can continue to use the app to carry your COVID
certificate. The app will be switched off completely at the start of August
this year.
HSE.
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