Computer wizz awarded French order of merit for Covid tracking apps Issued on: Guillaume Rozier, creator of the hugely popular Covidtracker.fr site. JOEL SAGET AFP/File Text by: David Coffey with RFI 3 min Guillaume Rozier, the 25-year-old engineer who became famous for creating free anti-Covid online services, has been awarded France's National Order of Merit for his work in an "exceptional capacity". Advertising Read more Rozier is the youngest of just over 1,000 people to be knighted this year in the honours list which was published in the In a statement, the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour, which oversees the two decorations, said Rozier was "knighted exceptionally (without waiting for the required length of service) as allowed by the code of the National Order of Merit for clearly characterised exceptional services".