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App chaos as mainlanders try to download trial programme from Isle of Wight

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NHS contact tracing app in chaos before June deadline: Advisers complain about mainlanders downloading it in Isle of Wight trial and only one inhabitant has reported getting an alert Mail on Sunday found just one person on Isle of Wight who had received warning The Government has already admitted the app won’t be ready for … Read more

Isle of Wight mother’s fury after neighbour who abducted her daughter is allowed to return

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A neighbour who was caught on camera taking a five-year-old girl from a playground and locking her in her flat has been allowed to live back on the same estate as her victim.  Jennifer Ashley May-Cunningham, 33, offered little Evie Beal a cup of tea at a playground in Chale Green o  Isle of Wight … Read more

NHS Covid contact-tracing app goes live on Isle of Wight today

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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

NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app will launch TOMORROW on the Isle of Wight

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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

Twenty eight of the 34 residents at Isle of Skye nursing home test positive for Covid-19 

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A coronavirus outbreak has been confirmed at a Skye care home with 28 out of 34 residents testing positive for the killer disease.  The virus hotspot was identified at Home Farm independent care home in Portree last week.  Out of the staff at the care home, 26 of the 52 have also tested positive, according … Read more

Coronavirus contact tracing app will start Isle of Wight trials this week

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Trials of the contact-tracing app the NHS will use to help Britain come out of coronavirus lockdown will begin on the Isle of Wight this week. The app, which will monitor whether someone has been close to a person diagnosed with COVID-19, is a part of the Government’s ‘test, track and trace’ approach. Transport Secretary … Read more

Coronavirus contact tracing app will go into testing on Isle of Wight this week

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Coronavirus contact tracing app will go into testing on Isle of Wight this week ahead of UK rollout this month NHSX app will be tested on the Isle of Wight this week, Grant Shapps revealed  Smartphone app will be ‘completely confidential’ with data seen by NHS staff  It will need to be downloaded by more … Read more

Cruise liners take shelter off the Isle of Wight but without any passengers on board

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Fleet of empty cruise liners and cargo ships gathers off the Isle of Wight after dropping anchor as berths in nearby ports are prioritised during the coronavirus pandemic Cruise liners have been struggling to find berths since the pandemic started The area south of the Isle of Wight is out of the way of major … Read more

Michael Gove: ‘island communities’ like the Isle of Wight could pilot easing of coronavirus lockdown

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Could Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and the Hebrides be the first out of lockdown? Michael Gove suggests ‘island communities’ could pilot easing of coronavirus restrictions using contact tracing BEFORE the rest of the UK He said isolated areas could be used as test beds before a UK-wide roll-out Wight has ferry services from Lymington, … Read more