Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Ministry of Health on Monday renewed its call on the public to download the AMAN App, a coronavirus contact tracing mobile application that notifies users if they happened to be in the vicinity of a diagnosed patient.

In a statement, the ministry said the app has helped make contact tracing faster and more resource-efficient, as 10 new cases of the virus, 5 of them yesterday, have been reported after receiving alerts about a possible exposure to the virus.

"The ministry employs technology and data science through this exposure-detection app to support epidemiological investigation efforts confine the pandemic and define hotspots, in order to reduce the number of contacts per person," the statement added.