Japan's Covid-19 app failed to pass on some contact warnings

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Japan's Covid-19 app failed to pass on some contact warnings

Due to bug in Android version.

Japan's Covid-19 tracking application for some smartphone users has had a malfunction since September and has failed to pass on some notifications of suspected contact with people infected with the virus, the health ministry said. The ministry did not say if the problem, which came with an ...

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