The app uses Bluetooth to log close contact with others to help with contact tracing and a new QR code system for checking in at venues. A coronavirus contact tracing app has launched across England ...

An update to the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app has been blocked by Big Tech. Credit: Phil Barker / Future Publishing via Getty Images Google and Apple have blocked an update to the UK government's ...

QR codes allow contact tracers to reach multiple people if an outbreak is identified in a venue. More than 10 million people have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app since it launched on Thursday, the ...

The NHS Covid Pass is currently being used as proof of being Covid-free for residents in England wanting to access "higher-risk" settings. In order to get the NHS Covid Pass, residents must download ...

It may be weeks since you’ve used the NHS Covid-19 app, but as lockdown eases and we become reacquainted with the Test and Trace system, it’ll work a little differently. Now, when you visit pubs, ...

The long-awaited NHS Test and Trace Covid-19 app has finally arrived and although the technology is not a “silver bullet” in the fight against the pandemic, it is at least a positive step to aid ...

As businesses in England open their doors on ‘freedom day’ yesterday (20 July), concerns have been raised that people can falsely obtain an NHS COVID pass due to a glitch in the system. The NHS COVID ...

The idea behind digital contact tracing is that, when an individual tests positive for an infectious disease such as COVID-19, an app on their smartphone can send a notification to other smartphones ...

England’s case numbers are soaring – and so are self-isolation notifications from the NHS Covid-19 app. This so-called ‘pingdemic’ has led some people – including Ryanair chief executive Michael ...

Separately from its controversial coronavirus contact tracing project, the U.K. has updated its regular NHS app to effectively become a vaccination passport. Wales and England's famously poor $50 ...

The EU and the UK are rolling out QR codes that allow people to travel again during the pandemic. The systems both involve Chinese-style encoding of personal information into scannable codes. Insider ...