The Covid Free GR application was released today, which will test those who have immunity to covid-19.
The Greek government today launched the Covid Free GR application, for iOS and Android mobile phones, with which shopkeepers (and anyone else) will check if anyone has proven immunity to Covid-19. The application was designed by EDYTE GRNET, a body of the Ministry of Digital Government and you can download from here.
It is free and can be installed on any device uses iOS or Android software, it does not require any registration or any other account and with it anyone who wants to can verify the European Digital COVID Certificates, as well as the Greek certificates of gov.gr.
Essentially the application scans the QR Code of the certificate (requires permission of your camera usage) and determine if it is genuine or not. After reading the QR Code it shows only the name of the certificate holder as well as the following indications:
Green - means that the holder of the certificate has been vaccinated or has contracted COVID
Yellow - means that the certificate holder has a negative test (rapid or PCR)
Red – means wrong or invalid certificate
According to government announcements, the application does not hold or store temporary or permanent personal data or verification history. For the control and verification of the European Digital Certificates COVID no internet connection is required, while for the Greek certificates it is required.
In our own tests, the application has a delay in reading the QR Code, at least when it is a Greek certificate and when the signal στο internet δεν είναι καλό. Οι δοκιμές μας στην speed, at noon they were quite disappointing while at night things were clearly better.
For those who do not know, according to the Government there are three levels of verification and validity of certificates:
Vaccination - 14 days from the date of the last installment
Disease - Up to 6 months after the first positive test
Rapid test - 48 hours from sample collection (duration counts from 00.01 from the date of sample collection)
PCR-test - 72 hours from sample collection (duration counts from 00.01 from the date of sample collection)
