NHS Covid app developers 'tried to block rival symptom trackers'
by James Tapper from on (#54TNP)
Developers claim government technology unit was hostile to other groups, hampering the fight against the disease
NHSX, the health service technology unit responsible for the government's failed contact-tracing app, attempted to block rival apps to protect its own, hampering efforts to track the early spread of the coronavirus.
Developers of several apps were urged to stop work by either NHSX or the Ministry of Defence, who told them their apps might distract attention from NHSX's app when it was launched. Last week the app was abandoned after three months, with work beginning on an alternative design without any deadline.
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