Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia starts using COVID-19 exposure notification - iOS, Android tracking feature
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The State Emergency Commission of
Mongolia launched the ‘COVID-19 Ersdel’ systemon April 19, Monday.
Under the ‘COVID-19 Ersdel’ system, the Exposure
Notification system introduced by Apple and Google, the world’s largest
providers of mobile operating systems, to contribute to the global fight
against the COVID-19 pandemic, has become available in Mongolia for mobile
phone users.
The Exposure Notification system has a technological
solution that does not collect, store or transmit any personal information such
as name, number, location, and other personal information. Currently, the
system is used by more than 130 million people in more than 60 countries to
fight coronavirus infection.
The State Emergency Commission of Mongolia has made it
possible for the Mongolian citizens to use the COVID-19 Ersdel in Mongolian and
English with the support of E-Mongolia, online government service application,
and the Communications and Information Technology Authority, the regulatory
agency of the Government of Mongolia, Apple and Google companies.
The COVID-19 Ersdel system, used by citizens voluntarily,
will allow people to be notified in a timely manner of possible coronavirus
infection or that if they have been near another user who tests positive within
14 days. It is deemed to play a key role in facilitating the detection and surveillance
of patients and contacts with coronavirus infection.
