Coronavirus: UK confirms plan for its own contact tracing app

ByJerome Smith
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52263244

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The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to have be infected by the coronavirus.

The health secretary Matt Hancock announced the move at the government’s daily pandemic press briefing.

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