Corona Warn App: Check-In Functionality
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It’s been quiet here again for a while, maybe the 100 days to offload will be a bit harder than I thought at the beginning of the year. Today, however, I have the muse and so I want to show you briefly how you can use the new check-in function of the Corona Warn App.
Better late than never, the Corona Warn App (CWA) has received a new function this week: Check-Ins. It is now possible to tell the app that you were at a certain place at a certain time. The big advantage is that the app can now also warn you if you were at the same event as an infected person - even if your own cell phone has not collected the Bluetooth IDs of the infected person’s cell phone. In contrast to the much-discussed Luca app, the CWA works as usual without personal data. Very good. But assumes that many people use the app and share positive test results via the app.
What needs to be done now to enable check-in? š¤
Create an event
First, we open the Corona Warn app and scroll down on the start page until we reach the box labeled “Planning an event?” and select “Create QR code”.
The next step is easy, with the button we start actually creating the QR code.
In the next step we can choose what type of event we want to create. This depends on what properties the QR code will have. While a catering business is a permanent establishment, you can also specify the date and time for a church service, among other things. For this example, we decide on a church service (everything else is closed at the moment anyway š ).
In the next step we can start our worship service
- give a name
- specify a location
- specify a start and end date, including time
- and determine a typical length of stay. This makes sense for the āautomatic check-outā function. If you forget to tell the CWA when you left the event, the app will assume that you probably left after that time.
A Pentecost service could, for example, be structured as follows.
With āSaveā we create the QR code and then find it in the overview.
From here we can click on the QR code. People can then take a photo of it directly from our smartphone to check in (the environmentally friendly option) - alternatively, they can also open a print view and print out the QR code on paper. You can also check yourself into the event here.
Check in to an event
After we have created the QR code and, if necessary, printed it out, the participants must ācheck inā to the event. To do this, open the Corona Warn app and switch to the āCheck-Inā view. By clicking on āScan QR codeā the camera opens and allows you to scan a QR code.
If the QR code is recognized, a short summary of the event opens. Here you can also select once whether and, if so, after how long you should be automatically checked out of the event and whether an entry should be created in the CWA diary. With the large āCheck inā button you inform the app that you are now taking part in the event.
The event will then be displayed on the āCheck-Inā view.
Check out of an event
If you decide not to check out automatically or leave an event early, you should check out manually. This can also be done via the āCheck-Inā view in the Corona Warn app. There is a āCheck out nowā button under each active event, which you can use to end your participation in the event at any time.
If an infected person attends an event after you have already checked yourself out, you will - logically - not receive a warning.
From my point of view, the inhibition threshold to generate a QR code and scan it when entering or leaving a shop, restaurant or church service is very low and therefore a useful contribution to infection protection. Especially in closed rooms, aerosols stay in the air for a long time and can pose a danger even if a distance of 1.5 meters is maintained or your cell phone is outside the Bluetooth range for the regular warning. So check in.