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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
31 March 2023

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
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NHS Covid-19 App
12 August 2021

NHS Covid-19 app engineer talks updates, the ‘pingdemic’ and data

The NHS Covid-19 app is set to be updated from August 16 to allow double jabbed people to add their
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2 August 2021

NHS Covid-19 app updated to reduce number of ‘pings’

The NHS Covid-19 app currently sends isolation notices to close contacts of people five days prior a positive test, but
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NHS Covid-19 App
13 July 2021

NHS Covid-19 app to be updated to cut isolation alerts

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has said the NHS Covid-19 app may need to be updated in line with coronavirus restrictions
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28 April 2021

NHS App to be used as Covid-19 passport, transport secretary confirms

Grant Shapps confirmed the app will be used a Covid-19 passport to prove vaccination status, or negative test, before going
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NHS Covid-19 App
7 April 2021

NHS Covid-19 app to share user’s venue check-in data

The update to the NHS Covid-19 app is due to be rolled out before venues including non-essential shops, gyms and
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4 March 2021

NHS Covid-19 app ‘important pillar’ in easing lockdown restrictions

A developer of the NHS Covid-19 app has said it is a ā€œhighly effectiveā€ tool to help control the spread
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Marshmallow
29 October 2020

Joeā€™s View: Educated fools, marshmallows and the NHS Covid tracing app

In a column for Digital Health, Joe McDonald, stresses why the public needs to get behind the NHS Covid-19 app
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