NHS coronavirus app: How to download and use track and trace tool, as release date finally arrives
4 years, 6 months ago

NHS coronavirus app: How to download and use track and trace tool, as release date finally arrives

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The easiest way is to head to the app store on your phone and search for it: putting in “NHS COVID-19” should bring it up. So keep an eye out for that specific app – and avoid the many others that will come up under that search term, which includes the Scottish equivalent named "NHS24:Covid-19" and the “NHS App” which covers the health service more generally. You can also use the app to scan official NHS QR code posters that are set to be distributed through venues such as shops, restaurants, religious centres and sports stadiums. Official guidance recommends that this is done in limited situations where those contacts might not actually be spreading the disease – when health workers are using PPE, if you are protected by a screen that keeps you fenced off from other people, and if a phone is being left in a communal area where it might pick up false positives – but the option is available at any time, and so can theoretically be used if you ever want to switch it off for any other reason.

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Covid-19 UK: Number of venue check-ins with the NHS Covid app fell by 65% last week
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 UK: Number of venue check-ins with the NHS Covid app fell by 65% last week

Daily Mail  

England's 'pingdemic' chaos may finally be easing, according to official data which revealed the number of venue check-ins with the NHS Covid app fell by 65 per cent last week. The NHS figures also revealed 395,971 self-isolation pings were sent in the seven days ending July 28 — down 43 per cent from the record-high 690,129 the week before. Figures …

NHS Covid-19 app: What does it actually do?
3 years, 8 months ago

NHS Covid-19 app: What does it actually do?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government’s NHS Covid-19 app continues to be a central part of the …

Covid UK: Boris Johnson pleads with the nation to stick with NHS app
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid UK: Boris Johnson pleads with the nation to stick with NHS app

Daily Mail  

The number of people in England 'pinged' by the NHS Covid-19 app has jumped by more than 60 per cent in a week, official figures show. A total of 356,036 alerts were sent to users of the NHS Covid-19 app in the week to June 30 The NHS Covid-19 app has now been downloaded more than 25million times but there …

Co-WIN Coronavirus Vaccine tracking app available for Android, iPhone: How to download, register
4 years, 2 months ago

Co-WIN Coronavirus Vaccine tracking app available for Android, iPhone: How to download, register

India TV News  

Co-WIN Coronavirus Vaccine tracking app: India is preparing for a massive coronavirus vaccine rollout in the coming months. To ensure smooth tracking and registration for COVID-19 vaccine, the Co-WIN app is divided into five modules for administrator, registration, vaccination, beneficiary acknowledgement and reports. CoWIN app: How to register for vaccine Citizens who are not frontline health workers will be able …

California’s new contact-tracing app: What you need to know
4 years, 3 months ago

California’s new contact-tracing app: What you need to know

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has announced a voluntary smartphone app to alert people if they were in close contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Called CA Notify, the app relies on a tech framework created by Apple and Google that uses Apple and Android phones’ short-range Bluetooth radios to determine when two devices have been near one another for …

Privacy concerns about SA Government's mySA GOV QR code coronavirus contact tracing app
4 years, 4 months ago

Privacy concerns about SA Government's mySA GOV QR code coronavirus contact tracing app

ABC  

Privacy concerns have been raised about the South Australian Government's plans for a QR code coronavirus contact tracing registration system that it wants to start next Tuesday. Key points: The SA Government plans to adopt a QR-scanning system to help with contact tracing The Premier says information will only be kept for 28 days Others say there should be legislation …

EU to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together
4 years, 5 months ago

EU to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The European Commission on Monday …

NHS Covid app sends concerning messages to users about ‘possible exposure’
4 years, 5 months ago

NHS Covid app sends concerning messages to users about ‘possible exposure’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Users of the NHS's new coronavirus app are receiving concerning messages about a …

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide
4 years, 5 months ago

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide

Dutch News  

The Dutch coronavirus tracing app was introduced across the country on Saturday, following last week’s senate vote in favour of using the alert-based system. The CoronaMelder app, first mooted in early April, will warn users if they have spent 15 minutes or more in close contact with someone who tests positive for the virus – as long as they have …

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide
4 years, 5 months ago

Several months behind schedule, the Dutch coronavirus app goes nationwide

Dutch News  

The Dutch coronavirus tracing app was introduced across the country on Saturday, following last week’s senate vote in favour of using the alert-based system. The CoronaMelder app, first mooted in early April, will warn users if they have spent 15 minutes or more in close contact with someone who tests positive for the virus – as long as they have …

More than 10 million people have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app since it launched last week
4 years, 5 months ago

More than 10 million people have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app since it launched last week

Daily Mail  

Venues have been refusing entry to customers who have not downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app, despite less than a sixth of the UK population - around 10 million people - getting it on their phones. Pubs and restaurants have started turning away customers who don't have the app Nicola Thorp, who starred in Coronation Street, said she too had fallen …

Coronavirus: ‘Extraordinary’ flaw leaves NHS app unable to process tens of thousands of test results
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘Extraordinary’ flaw leaves NHS app unable to process tens of thousands of test results

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The results are meant to be used to enable the app to carry out contact …

NHS coronavirus app hit by major problems on first day
4 years, 6 months ago

NHS coronavirus app hit by major problems on first day

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some users also complained that they were unable to use the app at all, since it requires …

NHS Covid-19 app: Design problem means people could be told to self-isolate unnecessarily
4 years, 6 months ago

NHS Covid-19 app: Design problem means people could be told to self-isolate unnecessarily

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A problem in the design of the NHS Covid-19 app means people could …

NHS tracing app will fail unless more coronavirus testing is readily available
4 years, 6 months ago

NHS tracing app will fail unless more coronavirus testing is readily available

The Independent  

The latest NHS-branded Covid-19 app hit the digital shelves on Thursday morning after a long and difficult road. Thanks to the fact the app is “decentralised” users can only mark themselves as infectious if they have had a positive test, which means the government must ensure that people can get tested. The app allows users to order a coronavirus test …

Coronavirus news: Latest updates as UK cases hit highest daily total
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus news: Latest updates as UK cases hit highest daily total

The Independent  

✕ Close Boris Johnson warns ‘things will be tough’ as furlough scheme replaced Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our …

NHS coronavirus app: Future updates will warn users if they are exposing themselves to too many people, developers say
4 years, 6 months ago

NHS coronavirus app: Future updates will warn users if they are exposing themselves to too many people, developers say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A future version of the NHS Covid-19 app could warn users if they …

One in three adults to download long-awaited NHS coronavirus app
4 years, 6 months ago

One in three adults to download long-awaited NHS coronavirus app

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Less than one in three adults in England and Wales will …

The NHS Test and Trace app has two flaws: QR codes and people
4 years, 6 months ago

The NHS Test and Trace app has two flaws: QR codes and people

Wired  

Getty Images / WIRED England and Wales’ contact tracing app is finally set to launch nationally tomorrow, and that has Michelle worried. “They tend to be more middle class… pretty tech savvy.” And even then, only one in five use the QR code at the gate to sign in, leaving the community garden to also manage its own contact-tracing list …

Government urged to 'prove' the Apple and Google coronavirus contact tracing app works
4 years, 6 months ago

Government urged to 'prove' the Apple and Google coronavirus contact tracing app works

Daily Mail  

The NHS contact tracing coronavirus app launches later this week amid a storm of doubt and uncertainty. Scroll down for video The effectiveness of the soon to be released app has been called into question on the eve of its launch with a charity asking why the public has yet to see data from the recent tests on the Isle …

Coronavirus: NHS app will carry out contact-tracing, government admits - hours after saying it would not
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS app will carry out contact-tracing, government admits - hours after saying it would not

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy No 10 has been left red-faced after wrongly saying the long-delayed …

NHS contact tracing app 'is unlikely to reduce the spread of Covid-19'
4 years, 7 months ago

NHS contact tracing app 'is unlikely to reduce the spread of Covid-19'

Daily Mail  

The new NHS Test and Trace app won't work unless the vast majority of the country installs it and even then social distancing will still be required, a new study claims. This week, they have started trialling the 'NHS Covid-19' contact-tracing app, after a series of delays in the development process Researchers say that 'automatic and semi-automated' contact tracing apps …

UK Begins Testing a New App to Fight Covid-19 Spread
4 years, 7 months ago

UK Begins Testing a New App to Fight Covid-19 Spread

News 18  

Britain started testing a new smartphone app Thursday to help people find out whether they've been close to someone infected with COVID-19 after security concerns torpedoed an earlier effort to use technology to track the disease. The Department of Health and Social Care said that trials of the app began on the Isle of Wight, with testing in the London …

Coronavirus: 15 staff at a large NHS trust test positive for Covid-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: 15 staff at a large NHS trust test positive for Covid-19

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fifteen employees at a large NHS trust have tested positive for …

Coronavirus: Government’s test and trace system failing in areas battling major outbreaks, leaked analysis reveals
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Government’s test and trace system failing in areas battling major outbreaks, leaked analysis reveals

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Leaked analysis obtained by The Independent shows that across northwest England, the national tracing service …

UK claims to work on hybrid contact-tracing app with Apple, not aware says latter
4 years, 9 months ago

UK claims to work on hybrid contact-tracing app with Apple, not aware says latter

India Today  

Days after the UK abandoned its organic contact-tracing app by the National Health Service and announced that it would work with tech giants Apple and Google to work on a hybrid app, Apple has said it is completely unaware of any such app. In the backdrop of COVID 19 with contact-tracing apps becoming a part of the new normal, Apple …

Coronavirus UK: Tracking app dropped for Apple and Google tech
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Tracking app dropped for Apple and Google tech

Daily Mail  

Matt Hancock tonight insisted Britain will eventually get a Covid-19 tracking app that works after ministers abandoned NHS-made technology following its failure in a trial on the Isle of Wight. Baroness Dido Harding, who is in charge of test and trace, today revealed the NHS's app did not work on iPhones The app developed by the NHS didn't work for …

Coronavirus: NHS contact-tracing app may not be ready until winter, health minister admits
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS contact-tracing app may not be ready until winter, health minister admits

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The much-anticipated smartphone app to trace contacts of Covid sufferers may …

Coronavirus: NHS contact-tracing app cannot be used in crowded tower blocks, ministers warned
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS contact-tracing app cannot be used in crowded tower blocks, ministers warned

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The troubled contact-tracing phone app to curb coronavirus will not be …

Opinion sharply divided about using an app to trace coronavirus cases
4 years, 9 months ago

Opinion sharply divided about using an app to trace coronavirus cases

Dutch News  

There is sharply divided support for a coronavirus tracing app among the Dutch and only one third say they would download it without question, according to research carried out by Delft, Maastricht and the VU universities. A further one third of the random sample of 926 people who took part in the research said they had doubts about using an …

Coronavirus: Government’s contact tracing app could ‘exacerbate health inequalities’
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Government’s contact tracing app could ‘exacerbate health inequalities’

The Independent  

Only half of manual workers, the unemployed and state pensioners say they will download the government’s contact tracing app, according to a new survey, sparking fresh concerns that the system could exacerbate health inequalities. Adam Steventon, director of data analytics at the Health Foundation, said: “The NHS contact tracing app could play a critical role in the fight against Covid-19, …

Coronavirus test and trace system plunged into chaos as NHS staff unable to log in
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus test and trace system plunged into chaos as NHS staff unable to log in

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new NHS test and trace system is being rolled out across England with the …

Seven former Tory ministers join group of MPs urging the PM to rethink travel quarantine plan
4 years, 9 months ago

Seven former Tory ministers join group of MPs urging the PM to rethink travel quarantine plan

Daily Mail  

More than 80 British tourism chiefs including the bosses of London's top five hotels today joined 40 MPs including seven former ministers in urging the Government to abandon its 'poorly thought out and unworkable' travel quarantine plan. The latest developments on changes to the lockdown rules came as: Britons will be told to stay at home for 14 days even …

Coronavirus UK: Contact tracing scheme launches TODAY
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Contact tracing scheme launches TODAY

Daily Mail  

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that the UK's coronavirus contact tracing programme will finally launch this morning - with the members of the public being forced to isolate if they come into contact with positive individuals or face being fined. Experts immediately said the complexity of the programme meant there could be 'several points of failure' while the Government's …

Coronavirus tracking app code unveiled; final version to come next month
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus tracking app code unveiled; final version to come next month

NL Times  

A beta version of the government-backed coronavirus tracking app has has been released to the public on Wednesday, with the final product being expected sometime in June, Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge confirmed on Wednesday. This follows nearly a month on from the government's appointment of a team of experienced developers to design the app, with the final product …

UK's COVID-19 tracking system under fire amid warning of second wave of Coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 10 months ago

UK's COVID-19 tracking system under fire amid warning of second wave of Coronavirus outbreak

Firstpost  

PM Boris Johnson said a “world-beating” program for tracing those suspected to be infected by COVID-19, would be in place by 1 June. Britain’s system for tracing those with the novel coronavirus was under fire on Thursday as it grappled with the development of a tracking app and health workers warned the government that unless there was clarity it could …

Coronavirus: Government admits NHS app will not be ready for launch of contact tracing scheme
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Government admits NHS app will not be ready for launch of contact tracing scheme

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A spokesperson for Sir Keir Starmer said: “What we are calling for is for the …

Corona apps well-intentioned but privacy concerns must be addressed
4 years, 10 months ago

Corona apps well-intentioned but privacy concerns must be addressed

India Today  

A massive data leak from the mobile phone-based Quarantine Monitoring System of the Madhya Pradesh government has sharpened the debate on privacy around the central government’s similar Aarogya Setu app. While the idea of such data platforms and mobile applications world-over is to disseminate useful information regarding the spread of cases in the neighbourhood to people and assist government agencies …

Coronavirus tracking app ready for beta testing by end May
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus tracking app ready for beta testing by end May

NL Times  

The Dutch government appointed a team of experienced developers to create its coronavirus tracking app and hopes to have the first version ready for beta testing by end May, Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health said to parliament. The Ministry of Public Health decided to develop its own tracking app after a previous attempt to get such an app …

Coronavirus: NHS contact-tracing app must not be released to public without privacy protections, MPs say
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS contact-tracing app must not be released to public without privacy protections, MPs say

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The NHS contact-tracing app must not be released in its …

If the government wants people to use the coronavirus app and save lives, it must answer questions on privacy first
4 years, 10 months ago

If the government wants people to use the coronavirus app and save lives, it must answer questions on privacy first

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is this company that the …

Coronavirus: New NHS contact-tracing app vulnerable to ‘malicious false alerts’, warn experts
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: New NHS contact-tracing app vulnerable to ‘malicious false alerts’, warn experts

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “A child could try to get a day off school by reporting symptoms from …

Coronavirus contact-tracing app could make 'privacy and rights another casualty of the virus', campaigners warn
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus contact-tracing app could make 'privacy and rights another casualty of the virus', campaigners warn

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The coronavirus contact-tracing app could make the UK's privacy "another casualty" of the …

Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app trial begins on Isle of Wight amid hopes tracking can help lift lockdown
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app trial begins on Isle of Wight amid hopes tracking can help lift lockdown

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The new NHS contact-tracing app which is designed to track …

Public urged to download NHS coronavirus tracing app amid questions over privacy and security safeguards
4 years, 10 months ago

Public urged to download NHS coronavirus tracing app amid questions over privacy and security safeguards

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The public have been urged to download the upcoming NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app, …

UK testing coronavirus contact tracing app on Isle of Wight
4 years, 10 months ago

UK testing coronavirus contact tracing app on Isle of Wight

CNN  

London CNN Business — The UK government launched its first test of a coronavirus contact tracing appthis week on a small island off the south coast of England. The app, which was developed by the digital technology unit of the National Health Service, will also upload information to a central database to help public health experts study the behavior of …

Majority would use a coronavirus tracing app, research shows
4 years, 10 months ago

Majority would use a coronavirus tracing app, research shows

Dutch News  

Over half the Dutch would be prepared to use an app to trace coronavirus infections if it met proper guarantees on privacy and security, the AD reported on Thursday. Young adults are the most likely to agree to use an app which would use bluetooth technology to alert them if they have been close to a coronavirus patient, the researchers …

Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app needs 60% take-up to be successful, expert warns
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS contact tracing app needs 60% take-up to be successful, expert warns

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Professor Christophe Fraser also agreed that “lives would have been saved” if the government had …

Coronavirus tracing app COVIDSafe released by Government to halt spread of COVID-19 in Australia
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus tracing app COVIDSafe released by Government to halt spread of COVID-19 in Australia

ABC  

Australia's coronavirus tracing app, dubbed COVIDSafe, has been released as the nation seeks to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic. Key points: The COVIDSafe app will be voluntary for Australians to download The COVIDSafe app will be voluntary for Australians to download It traces only contact with other people who have the COVIDSafe app on their phone It traces …

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