新型コロナ感染防止策強化へアプリ導入検討　自衛隊員の濃厚接触追跡―河野防衛相

　河野太郎防衛相は１３日、インターネットを通じて行った内外情勢調査会の講演で、防衛省・自衛隊内での新型コロナウイルス感染防止対策として、感染者との濃厚接触の有無を追跡できるスマホアプリの導入を検討していることを明らかにした。
　集団生活する自衛隊はクラスター（感染者集団）が発生しやすく、河野氏は「いかに早く（濃厚接触者を）見つけるかが大事だ」と強調、導入を急ぐ考えを示した。
　アプリは、スマホのブルートゥース（無線通信）機能により、利用者の移動の履歴をチェック。感染者が判明した場合、一定距離で一定の時間をともにした人に通知が届く仕組み。（2020/04/13-20:41）

Japan's Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces are considering introducing a smartphone app that informs users if they had close contact with people infected with the novel coronavirus, Defense Minister Taro Kono said Monday.
   Kono revealed the plan in an online lecture hosted by the Research Institute of Japan, a Jiji Press affiliate. The online format was adopted to prevent the spread of the virus.
   It is thought that infection clusters tend to take place easily within the SDF, whose members live in groups. "The important thing is to detect those who had close contact with infected people as quickly as possible," Kono said, stressing his intention to introduce the app soon.
   The smartphone app checks users' movement history with the Bluetooth wireless technology. When an infected person is identified, a notification will be sent to people who had been within a certain distance of the person for a certain amount of time.
   U.S. IT giants Apple and Google are developing similar technologies, and the introduction of such technology is being considered in Europe and Asia.