[jedberg]

They are building a whitelist. They even made the criteria public. You have to be a government or health entity to publish a Covid related app.

[PaulKeeble]

That isn't a whitelist, there is no way on it with a legitimate app when the entry criteria is being a state.

[int_19h]

That is a whitelist. They don't have to be easy to get on, or, indeed, to even allow any new entries.