AQW 9917/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 09/11/2020
Answered On Date: 17/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what action he is taking to deal with the number of people removing the Stop COVID-19 app.

Answer:

Use of the app is entirely voluntary and it is designed not to track usage for privacy reasons.

The benefits of using the app to assist in breaking the chains of transmission are being actively promoted through a communications campaign through news and social media.

As you will be aware, I have had personal experience of receiving a notification via the app after which I worked in self-isolation for the stipulated 14 day period. I shared this on Twitter at the time in the hope that this would encourage others to download and use the app.