COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application

  • COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application
  • COCOA
Original author(s)COVID-19 Radar Japan[1]
Developer(s)Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Initial releaseJune 19, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-19)[2]
Stable release
1.4.1 / November 26, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-11-26)[3]
Repository
Written inC#
Operating system
Available in3 languages[5]
List of languages
License
Websitewww.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/cocoa_00138.html Edit this at Wikidata

COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application (COCOA) is a COVID-19 application for smartphones provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. The application uses Bluetooth to detect and record suspected close contacts between users. If the contact is diagnosed with COVID-19, the user will be notified. After receiving the notification, the user can consider self-isolation or go to a medical institution for treatment.

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  2. ^ "コロナ感染者との濃厚接触を通知 アプリ「COCOA」利用開始". NHKニュース (in Japanese). 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ^ "アプリに関するこれまでの更新情報" (in Japanese). Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
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  7. ^ "cocoa/LICENSE.md". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-09-08.