https://tech.newstatesman.com/coronavirus/german-contact-tracing-app-to-go-live-by-mid-may > Germany is less than four weeks away from rolling out a contact-tracing app to support the easing of lockdown restrictions, the country’s health minister has confirmed. > The announcement comes after Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed earlier this week that pupils will return to school from 4 May and that some shops will be allowed to reopen next week.