Government poised to shift to Google-Apple model for delayed contact-tracing app

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U-turn expected on delayed smartphone app which tracks coronavirus spread

However the national rollout has been repeatedly delayed. The UK-wide launch was originally pencilled in for May but ministers decided to go ahead with launching their test and trace programme without it.The app was designed to notify users if they have been in close proximity with Covid-19 sufferers by using bluetooth signals from people's smartphones.

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