Government ditches NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app, blaming failure on Apple technology
The much-vaunted 'track and trace' app is not functional yet
LABOUR slammed the government for wasting huge amounts of time and money on the NHS’s coronavirus contact tracing app that Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today will be ditched.
At the daily Downing Street press conference, Mr Hancock defended the decision to abandon developing the NHSX app — in favour of joining forces with the Apple and Google project.
He said trials on the Isle of Wight uncovered a “technical barrier” in that the app recognised most Android devices but not iPhones.
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