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The NHS test and trace app has been using the wrong risk threshold since it was released in September, resulting in thousands not being told warned of exposure. This threshold lets the app know whether to alert someone that they’ve been potentially exposed to the virus, but sources speaking to the Sunday Times claim it … Read more
England and Wales will now become the last places in the UK to have a coronavirus contact tracing app after Scotland launched its own version today. Nicola Sturgeon urged residents north of the border to download the new tech, called Protect Scotland, to avoid more local lockdowns. The app alerts users if they have been in … Read more
Catalogue of errors led to Britain’s £12million plans for contact-tracing app being shelved, insiders say Contact tracing app costing £12million ditched days ago after error ‘catalogue’ Testing showed it detected four per cent of iPhones it was in close contact with Decision to avoid ‘off-the-shelf’ platform means app had to be built from scratch By Stephen … Read more
Business Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the NHS contact tracing app will go live by the end of the month – amid claims it would not be fully up and running until ‘September or October time’. Test and trace systems were launched in England and Scotland last week, but without the app due to delays. Mr … Read more
NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app could cause ‘digital divide’ as only half of manual workers, pensioners and unemployed say they will download it compared to three quarters of ‘professionals’ Independent charity the Health Foundation surveyed around 2,000 Britons They found that intended use of the tracing app varied across the population In addition, level of education … Read more
Apple and Google have today announced the launch of their coronavirus contact-tracing app software. The API — a software blueprint — will be used by a nation’s health authority to build their own apps and has so far been given to 22 countries who requested access to the technology. Apple and Google did not reveal … Read more
Apple and Google have today announced the launch of their coronavirus contact-tracing app software. The API — a software blueprint — will be used by a nation’s health authority to build their own apps and has so far been given to 22 countries who requested access to the technology. Apple and Google did not reveal … Read more
The NHS’ track-and-trace app considered vital to getting the UK out of coronavirus lockdown and back to work will be downloaded and tested on the Isle of Wight from today onwards. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has decided the first public tests would begin on the self-contained island of 140,000 people, with NHS and council staff the … Read more
Test, track, and trace has become a key message in the fight against coronavirus and on Monday we learned more about the third element to this crucial approach. Contact tracing is seen as one of several possible remedies to help the UK out of lockdown and an app trial is now ready to go, ahead … Read more
The UK is once again bucking the trend in its quest to conquer the coronavirus as it opts not to use the framework created by Apple and Google for its NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app. Instead, NHSX — the digital arm of the nation’s health organisation — is creating a centralised app that strays from the … Read more