The Japanese government will retire its COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone app, in line with the end of detailed reporting on all COVID-19 cases in the country, digital transformation minister Taro Kono said Tuesday.
The government will later announce a schedule to halt the functions of the COCOA app, as well as other details of the decision, the minister said.
As the app has had a spate of glitches, such as a failure to notify users about their close contact with infected people, Kono told a press conference, "We have to fully review problems to use lessons in the next pandemic."