Koronavilkku app ready for downloading

The Koronavilkku smartphone app, designed to support the prevention of chains of coronavirus infection was published and uploaded to app stores on Monday, said the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in a press release.

People can now download Koronavilkku to their phones free of charge from the most popular app stores.

Consequently, it may not yet be possible to access it through the app store search function. The app can be instantaneously downloaded via the links on the koronavilkku.fi website.

Koronavilkku has been published in Finnish and Swedish but an English version of the app will be published later in the autumn.

The app will allow people to participate in preventing the spread of the virus and to protect their own and their loved ones' health. Through the app, people exposed to the virus can be reached and infection chains can be stopped faster.

“The Koronavilkku mobile app is part of the government's test, trace, isolate, and treat strategy. The app makes it more efficient to reach people exposed to the virus and refer them to treatment. This way, infection chains can also be broken more efficiently,” said Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Permanent Secretary Kirsi Varhila.

The use of Koronavilkku is voluntary, but the more people download it the more helpful it will be.

“We hope that as many people as possible will download the app to their phone,” said THL Information Services Director Aleksi Yrttiaho.

The app has been developed by the software company Solita in collaboration with THL, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Kela, and SoteDigi Oy.