NHS COVID-19, a contact tracing app created by the UK government, launches in England and Wales with Exposure Notification API from Apple and Google
NHS COVID-19, a contact tracing app created by the UK government, is rolling out to residents of England and Wales as of today, with the app available from the iOS App Store.
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Related Coverage
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- The NHS Test and Trace app has two flaws: QR codes and people WIRED UK · Nicole Kobie
- England and Wales finally get contact-tracing app after months of delays — bit shit, but it'll do The Next Web · Thomas Macaulay
- NHS Covid-19 app: England and Wales get smartphone contact tracing for over-16s BBC
- Users report issues as Covid-19 app launches in England and Wales The Guardian · Alex Hern
- NHS Covid-19 app: how will track and trace work? Telegraph · James Cook
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- How to download COVID-19 track and trace app Trusted Reviews · Ryan Jones
- The new NHS COVID-19 app doesn't work on iPhone 6 or earlier models Mashable · Rachel Thompson
- COVID-19 smartphone app finally launches in England and Wales Reuters · Paul Sandle
- England and Wales COVID-19 contact tracing app launches Neowin · Paul Hill
- The UK's NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app officially goes live Pocket-lint · Maggie Tillman
- NHS launches COVID-19 app, Exposure Notifications now supported in England and Wales 9to5Mac · Benjamin Mayo
- UK debuts ‘NHS COVID-19’ app built with Apple-Google API AppleInsider · Mike Peterson
- NHS COVID-19 app released in England and Wales iMore · Stephen Warwick
Discussion
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@rowlsmanthorpe
Rowland Manthorpe
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What happened during the trials of the contact tracing app? If the government knows it hasn't told anyone, so this excellent piece is the best you're going to get. Several key issues raised - going to be *interesting* to see how this plays out https://www.wired.co.uk/...
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@dr_ellie
Dr Ellie
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NHS COVID-19 app launches in England and Wales to help control COVID-19 transmission alongside national and local contact tracing Features include contact tracing using Bluetooth, risk alerts based on postcode district, QR check-in at venues, symptom checker #NHSCOVID19app https:…
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@alfredwkng
Alfred
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While lawmakers debated on what a federal data privacy bill should look like, the coronavirus pandemic showed a very real consequence of their delay. Contact tracing apps help, but people don't trust them without proper data protection laws: https://www.cnet.com/...
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@lbcnews
@lbcnews
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The NHS Covid-19 app for England and Wales has just launched after months of delays and setbacks https://www.lbc.co.uk/...
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@brixton_ben26
Ben
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“the signal may be distorted by thick walls or suggest people in two different flats spent an evening together even though there was a wall between them” https://www.wired.co.uk/...
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@wireduk
@wireduk
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England and Wales' contact tracing app is finally set to launch nationally tomorrow, but a trial in Newham suggests things aren't going as planned, with adoption and QR code confusion hindering its success https://www.wired.co.uk/...
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@mattburgess1
Matt Burgess
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England and Wales finally have a contact tracing app. You should download it. University of Oxford modelling says if 15% of people use an app, infections could be reduced by 8% and deaths by 6% iOS download: https://apps.apple.com/... Android download: https://play.google.com/...
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@charlottejee
Charlotte Jee
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why oh why did they have to complicate everything by adding in QR codes https://www.wired.co.uk/...