The government is preparing to release an app which alerts people if they come too close to someone who has tested positive for COVID19, Sky News can reveal
Sky News understands this letter was published in response to the early phase of the development of the app, which was originally intended to be used during the"containment" phase of the government's response to the pandemic.
Another said:"The initial brief was to take what was going on around the world and say, 'What is the British version of that?' But it didn't really feel like that was happening." In order to reassure the privacy community, NHSX held an online meeting yesterday with a group of NGOs, including some of the signatories of the open letter."We could be using tech to augment and improve human processes, rather than, or as well as, creating a shiny new app," one attendee told Sky News.
The UK version follows the example set by TraceTogether, a Bluetooth-powered app used in Singapore, which has been downloaded more than 800,000 times, and helped the city-state substantially suppress its coronavirus outbreak.The Irish government is reportedly building an app with a similar model.
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