NHS England’s coronavirus contact-tracing app could be revamped with new features developed to bring “personal benefits” to users, Sky News can expose. The proposed features consist of “Fitbit-style” signals letting people understand whether they may have been at threat of capturing coronavirus, and “check-ins” with QR codes at the entryways of organisations, according to an […]

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At least a quarter of people who test positive for COVID-19 in the UK are being missed by contact tracers following up who they might have transferred the infection on to. Of the 5,949 people who checked positive for coronavirus in between 4 and 10 June, 73% supplied information of who they had actually remained […]

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Ministers have recruited 25,000 contact tracers ahead of the launch of the federal government’s flagship test and trace program which intends to stop the spread of coronavirus. The program, which includes tracing and encouraging people who might have entered into close contact with somebody screening favorable for the infection, is set to launch at the […]

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