NHS contact-tracing app ready for use in three weeks, MPs told
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#52VNK)
Deployment of coronavirus tracking system to be trialled in 'small area' before roll out
An NHS app that alerts users to recent contacts who are infected with coronavirus will be ready for deployment within three weeks, according to the chief executive of NHSX, the digital arm of the health service.
Matthew Gould told MPs on the Commons science and technology committee on Tuesday that the contact-tracing app would be trialled in a "small area" and available for use next month provided it performed well.
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