Share of people who have downloaded the COVID-19 app in Finland 2020, by age group

As of September 2020, over two million people had downloaded the COVID-19 contact tracing app "Koronavilkku" in Finland. According to a survey, roughly 60 percent of Finns under the age of 50 had downloaded the coronavirus app. The corresponding figure was 40 percent in the age group of 65 to 79 years. When asked about reasons to download the mobile app, most respondents stated social pressure or civic responsibility to do so.

Koronavilkku is a contact tracing app produced by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) to help people find out whether they may have been exposed to coronavirus.
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