However, Tony Moretta said the government and Digital Jersey would continue to monitor the use of apps which are currently being trialled in parts of the UK.
Contact-tracing apps are designed to allow people to find out whether they have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19, with the Isle of Wight being used as a test centre for the UK app.
Similar apps are being used all around the world and Digital Jersey have been analysing whether launching in Jersey would be appropriate.
Mr Moretta said: ‘The manual tracing team has doubled and can be made bigger and with Jersey’s current position, it [an app] is not needed.
‘But a lot of work is ongoing. We are looking at the UK and the NHS model that is being trialled in the Isle of Wight and there are some issues with that and issues with other models.
‘So we are very lucky to be in the position that we are in, because we can sit and look at what is going on. We have had discussions with Apple and Google already and working with them are the preferred ways we would want to go.
‘We don’t want to build something specific to Jersey but something that can be used by people coming in and equally people going out to the UK for example.’
