An app for the next pandemic
As the government is advised to improve its Test and Trace Programme, Dr Philip Scott, from BCS, explores how we can prepare for the next pandemic.
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Virtual Summer School gets New Zealand’s perspective of Covid-19
The deputy director for general data and digital at New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has said the coronavirus pandemic has been a “wild ride”.
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Code for Ireland’s Covid Tracker app given to global public health project
The move would allow countries around the world to build their own app based on the code for Ireland’s Covid Tracker app.
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Hancock refuses to provide roll-out date for contact-tracing app
When questioned on the progress of the app Hancock told a parliamentary committee it would be rolled-out “as soon as an effective one is available”.
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House of Lords committee press for NHS Covid-19 app roll-out date
The managing director of the NHS Covid-19 app has a committee that the introduction of the technology is “urgent and important” but could not give a date.
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More than two thirds of readers agree with contact-tracing app U-turn
More than two thirds of Digital Health readers have said they agreed with the government’s U-turn on the NHS contact-tracing app.
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NHSX ‘knew contact-tracing app wouldn’t work on iPhones in April’
Apple and Google’s APIs only work with a decentralised system, which leaves many iPhones incompatible with the NHS centralised contact-tracing app.
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Poll: Did the gov make the right decision about the contact-tracing app?
In light of the government U-turn on the NHS contact-tracing app, Digital Health News wants the opinion of our readers including whether they agree.
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Covid-19 tracking tool appears on smartphones – but it’s not an app
The new exposure notification settings are part of an update to the operating systems, which will enable an app to run in the background.
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