Manage multiple test QR codes

[HolgerJeromin]

Current Implementation

I scan a QR code of a PCR test.
After x days/hours I get a result via app notification.

To add another PCR test I have to delete the old one.

Suggested Enhancement

I thought I could add multiple codes to my app (mine, my wife, my daugther...). All are checked in the background till the results are known.

Every scan should get an free text field which acts as a label in the app.

Expected Benefits

One phone can be used to manage all tests of a family.

Also the app could display the history of test results with repeating tests.

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Internal Tracking Id: EXPOSUREAPP-2068

[SonaliDK]

Hi @HolgerJeromin ,

Thank you for your proposal. All issues in the cwa-wishlist repository will be discussed with our contracting entities. They will decide whether they will be implemented or pursued further. As soon as we have any updates, we will let you know about the details.

Best regards,
SD
Corona-Warn-App Open Source Team

[Xyz00777]

@SonaliDK any new information?
I don't know why these need to be discussed... This is a relevant missing feature. I don't know in what possibility you have to do multiple tests in a specific time (edit: if oyu have a child with no phone) but why ever these should happen it would be better if these are implemented... additionally there should be a test feature where the app is checking if i want to add the same test multiple times and give me the information if the test is already added.

[schlomo]

If you took multiple tests for yourself then only the last one is relevant. However, given the sometimes long delay between test and result it would be very important to handle multiple tests so that I can see that I took a test that came back negative and then I took another test that didn't come back yet, but my previous test was negative.

The other use case is tracking tests for others, e.g. family members.

Therefore in my opinion this is a very essential feature.

[NicCage1337]

With the upcoming integration of PoC Tests into the CWA, and the potentially increased usage i would like to promote this Issue once again, because i see a huge impact on usability:

Processing of Test Results for a whole family: Due to the design of CWA only 1 Test Code can be stored.
How to process a QR Code of children without a suitable mobile device, not tampering the own Data?
How to access Test Results for multiple persons on one device?

Possible solution: Integrate a "Process Test-Result for other Person" Function, which does NOT alert the own contacts.
Alternative solution: Add family test handling into documentation to clearly outline the limitations.

In general some transparency related to this Issue would be appreciated.
After replication to internal Jira no Updates have been shared with the community.

[heinezen]

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry to say that the feature request has been declined by the development team and will not be pursued further. The reason for this is that the main reason for receiving a test is sharing the result and warning others. Entering a test result of another family member and sharing the result should not be the focus of the app, because then the random IDs collected by the device do not correspond to the persons the familiy member met.

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Corona-Warn-App Open Source Team

[HolgerJeromin]

Thanks for implementing a similar thing for covid certificates in the released 2.5 of the app!

[lejando]

With CWA evolving more and more from a "Covid-Warning-App" into a "Covid-Management-App" this Feature should be reconsidered. Especially regarding the fact, that children mostly without smartphones (Age 6-12) are getting the "main" users of RAT etc. because of the missing vaccination.

The reason for this is that the main reason for receiving a test is sharing the result and warning others.

This highly disregards the way the public actually uses the app. No one really cares about warning anyone, but wants to have a convenient way to store vaccination and test certificates [4]

For a App funded by the German tax-payer, the App-Development should focus on what those Tax-payers need, and in the current situation we need to manage Vaccination Certificates for us and our Family and to manage the RAT results for our 6-12 year olds.

To take this into perspective, today the CWA had 334 Warning users a day [1]. But the parents of 6 Million 6-13 year olds [2] need a valid RAT result to, for example, visit a public pool [3].

[1] CWA
[2] https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1365/umfrage/bevoelkerung-deutschlands-nach-altersgruppen/
[3] https://www.maximare.com/infobereich/aktuelles#modal-node-id-16746
[4] Exaggerated from a poll with 10 participants.

[Ein-Tim]

@heinezen / @dsarkar

Could you maybe bring this topic up again with the new development? As @lejando comment above, the CWA moved away from only receiving test results to warn others but also to create EU DCCs from these test results. IHMO this topic should be reevaluated.

[axza]

father of four here, this feauture would currently be more than appropriate, as we are expected to have up to 6 tests.

[Ein-Tim]

FYI: It seems like there is something planned for 2.21: corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android#4947

@dsarkar Could you reopen this issue & apply the Fix 2.21 label?

[Ein-Tim]

FYI: This has been implemented with version 2.21: Corona-Warn-App Version 2.21 now allows test management for family members.

[dsarkar]

Dear @HolgerJeromin, dear community, thanks for participating here. This feature has been implemented. We therefore close this issue.

Best wishes, DS

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Corona-Warn-App Open Source Team