NHS coronavirus tracking app could prevent one case for every two people that download it
Prof Fraser added: “The app is solving a specific problem, which is how do you get the message that you’re at risk and empower you to take measures to protect your friends, your family, your colleagues and the people you have been in contact with.”
Asked if he thought pursuing a contact tracing app earlier could have saved lives, Prof Fraser said: “I think so. “We’re still waiting for the definitive studies based on immunological assays, but this is based on our understanding base of the spread of coronavirus.”
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