Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe scientist behind the NHS Covid app is urging people not to delete it from phones – but is calling on the Government to axe the requirement to self-isolate after being pinged. Are you using the NHS Covid app? Ministers insisted Boris Johnson has no plans to bring forward the relaxation of isolation rules for the double-jabbed despite the pingdemic chaos. Official figures on Sunday showed 29,173 new Covid cases and a further 28 deaths. YouGov polling last week showed one in five NHS Covid app users had turned off contact-tracing, and one in 10 had deleted italtogether.

Source: Daily Mirror July 25, 2021 21:22 UTC