NHS Covid-19 app to close down on 27 April following decline in users
The NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app is to be discontinued on 27 April 2023 following a steady decline in the number of active users.
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Joe’s View: A Tale Of Two Christmases
As Christmas approaches along with the promise of a brand new year – Professor Joe McDonald looks at the best and worst times of 2020.
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NHS Covid-19 app compatible across Scotland along with others
The NHS Covid-19 App is now compatible with contact-tracing apps across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey and Gibraltar.
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‘A customisable approach’ – how contact-tracing apps differ in the UK
Scotland and Ireland chose to go their own way, working with software developers NearForm to develop their contact-tracing app – but what’s the difference?
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Scotland launches UKs second Covid-19 contact-tracing app
The Protect Scotland app is designed as an “extra tool” to support the manual contact-tracing already in place under NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect system.
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Covid-19 tracing tool to be built into phones, Apple and Google announce
The new exposure notification system will replace the need for users to install contact-tracing apps developed by public health bodies.
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ZOE Covid-19 Symptom Study app awarded £2m government grant
A £2million grant is to be given to the ZOE Covid-19 Symptom Study app by the UK government to support its data collection.
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Mobile health apps news in brief
This month’s mobile apps round-up features news about a trial of the revamped NHS contact-tracing app and NHS Tayside launching an app for IBS.
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Northern Ireland launches UKs first Covid-19 contact-tracing app
The contact-tracing app uses Bluetooth technology to notify users if they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.
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