Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeOfficials are looking at "tuning" the NHS Covid app to be less sensitive after the number of people "pinged" into isolation soared 62% in a week. Some 356,036 app users were told to self-isolate due to contact with a Covid case in the week to June 30 - up from 219,391 the week before. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Downing Street today hinted at further changes to the app before the August 16 change. “And I think most people’s concerns rest with the app and that does account for the majority of the self-isolation contact cases. Some people have suggested they have deleted the app to avoid isolation requests for contacts with Covid-19 infections.

Source: Daily Mirror July 08, 2021 09:22 UTC