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The enrollment of children in the first grade of elementary schools, which traditionally begins on April 1, will start later this year due to the current situation and the state of emergency. As of Wednesday, April 1, 2020, instead of enrollment, parents and other legal representatives were encouraged to use the interim service, called Expression of Interest, through the new eGovernment Portal. The aim of this service was to establish the "initial" parent-school contact and to assure the parents…
The Office for IT and eGovernment enabled full electronic registration of children in preschool institutions through the eGovernment Portal, for registered users in all municipalities and cities in Serbia. The service was intended for parents throughout Serbia to e-enroll their children in kindergartens, as the kindergartens were temporary closed.
In cooperation with Rakuten Viber, the Government of the Republic of Serbia launched an automatic COVID19 chatbot info service on the Viber platform, in order to provide citizens with verified information, important news and answers to questions regarding COVID-19. The info service contains medical info on the virus, real-time data, prevention measures and guidelines, important numbers and government decisions related to the state of emergency and relaxation of measures.
The Danish government launched the COVID-19 infection tracing app Smitte|stop the 18th of June 2020, which has been downloaded more than 660.000 times by the 3nd of July. This corresponds to approximately 12 percent of the Danish population – 14 percent of the population aged 15 years or more. It received the most downloads ever in Denmark by a new app on the first day and first week after publication. The key function of the app is to notify citizens who have been in close proximity to a…