NHS considers u-turn on contact-tracing app with switch to Apple and Google model

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It is feared the NHS model may suffer technical glitches and prevent Britons travelling abroad

The NHS has tasked a private company to "investigate" if it can switch its contact-tracing app over to the global standard proposed by Apple and Google, it has emerged just days after the UK’s version launched on the Isle of Wight.

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