New NHS app will tell you if you're near someone with coronavirus
THE NHS are launching an app which alerts you if you come too close to someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.using short-range Bluetooth signals - before alerting those nearby.The app will detect people with Covid-19 using short-range Bluetooth signalsAnd bosses are said to be planning to release the new technology just before the lockdown is lifted in the UK.- taking the UK total to 1,815.Sky News.
NHSX, the NHS England innovation unit leading the project, is planning to appoint an Ethics Board to oversee the project, with board members to be identified over the coming weeks. It is believed 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 coronavirus outbreak.
The argue it could also help to reduce the serious social, psychological and economic impacts caused by widespread lockdowns - and critically - slow the spread of infection until vaccines and antiviral treatments become widely available.
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