UK test-and-trace app downloaded by half of people in Isle of Wight test bed - minister

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Britain's coronavirus test-and-trace app has been downloaded by 72,300 residents of the Isle of Wight, where it is being trialled, Transport ...

Britain's coronavirus test-and-trace app has been downloaded by 72,300 residents of the Isle of Wight, where it is being trialled, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday.

FILE PHOTO: UK National Health Service employee Anni Adams looks at new NHS app to trace contacts with people potentially infected with the coronavirus disease being trialled on Isle of Wight, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Isla BinnieLONDON: Britain's coronavirus test-and-trace app has been downloaded by 72,300 residents of the Isle of Wight, where it is being trialled, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday.

Shapps said the app would eventually be used to check compliance with a proposed 14-day quarantine for international travellers. "One of the things we will be asking people to do at the border when they come in is to download the app and provide us with contact details so we know where they are," he told a daily news conference.

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