HaMagen - The Ministry of Health App for Fighting the Spread of Coronavirus

screenshot from the app

HaMagen is an app that is endorsed by the Ministry of Health. It can tell you have been in the presence of anyone who has been diagnosed with coronavirus.

The app cross-checks the GPS history of your mobile phone with historical geographic data of patients from the Ministry of Health.

HaMagen is available in five languages: Hebrew, Arabic, English, Russian and Amharic.

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How does it work?

Download the app

The HaMagen app is free to download from the App Store and Google Play. After installation and initial set up, you can close the app.
Download the app

The HaMagen app is free to download from the App Store and Google Play. After installation and initial set up, you can close the app.

Receive notifications

The app will send you relevant updates. If you have crossed paths with a COVID-19 patient, it will also show you the exact time and location, and you will be able to review, and confirm or reject the notification.
Receive notifications

The app will send you relevant updates. If you have crossed paths with a COVID-19 patient, it will also show you the exact time and location, and you will be able to review, and confirm or reject the notification.

In case of a match

If you confirm, you will be referred to the Ministry of Health website for information on what to do next, and you will be able to report the exposure to the Ministry.
In case of a match

If you confirm, you will be referred to the Ministry of Health website for information on what to do next, and you will be able to report the exposure to the Ministry.

If there's no match

If the message in the notification is incorrect, you can reject it and carry on as normal.
If there's no match

If the message in the notification is incorrect, you can reject it and carry on as normal.

 

Is the application secure?

 

The cross-referencing of your GPS history with the locations  of COVID-19 patients happens on your phone; your GPS data does not leave your mobile phone, and is not sent to any third party.  The data from the Ministry of Health is sent to your mobile phone for cross-referencing, no data is sent back to the Ministry of Health. For more on the transparency policy and the open source code for the app - click here.

Communal responsibility, transparency and joint objectives

Communal responsibility, transparency and joint objectives

  • Communal responsibility, transparency and joint objectives

    The app was developed in Israel for the Ministry of Health on the basis of open source code and on values of communal responsibility. The open source code is meant on one hand to achieve transparency vis-à-vis the public, and on the other hand, to make it possible for programmers in Israel and around the world to help and support this effort. Any person can suggest and design additional features. The app's control system leaves the choice up to the user – the information stays with you, and you have sole discretion.

The HaMagen app was designed

 

to protect the health of all, and to limit the spread of the coronavirus in Israel.

We have the best people for this enterprise, we have the technology, and now it's your turn to connect with all Israelis to fight the COVID-19 outbreak

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