People who think they have had Covid-19 ‘less likely to download contact-tracing app’

Study's findings highlight potential long-term damage of UK's early testing strategy

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People who think they have had coronavirus are less likely to download a contact-tracing app, even if they have no proof that they ever contracted the virus, according to a study published this week.

The finding highlights the potential long-term damage of the UK government's early policy of not testing to confirm self-reported Covid-19 infection, the authors, from Imperial College's faculty of medicine, say.