The number of people on the Isle of Wight who have downloaded the trial phone app that tracks COVID19 has exceeded all expectations, the island's MP has told Sky News
The number of people on the Isle of Wight who have downloaded the trial phone app that tracks COVID-19 has exceeded all expectations, the island's MP has told Sky News.
Conservative MP Bob Seely says that figures from last Friday show that 65% of people who could download the app have done so. He said:"We are well ahead of what we hoped. When the figure goes above 20% you begin to get good evidence, over 50% and you start suppressing the virus and over 60% and you get the benefits of the app working."The app uses a phone's bluetooth technology to register contact when people come within 6ft of one another for at least 15 minutes., they inform the NHS and an alert is sent to other users they have come in contact with.
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