Coronavirus: UK contact-tracing app is ready for Isle of Wight downloads

By 2020-05-04Science & Tech
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A test version of the NHS’s coronavirus contact-tracing app has been published to Apple and Google’s app stores.

Council staff and healthcare workers on the Isle of Wight will be invited to install it on Tuesday, ahead of a wider roll-out on the island on Thursday.

Project chiefs have said their so-called “centralised” approach gives them advantages over a rival scheme advocated by the US tech giants and some privacy experts.

But fresh concerns have been raised.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has declared that “as a general rule ... Read even more

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