Updated
Wednesday, 13th January 2021, 10:07 am
The NHS’ Covid-19 app is designed to allow authorities to identify and contain potential coronavirus outbreaks within society, before they can spread further into communities.
It uses ‘contact tracing’ to alert users when their phone (and therefore themselves) has been in prolonged contact with a positive case of Covid-19, as well as allowing users to book tests, read the latest advice for their area and keep track of any self-isolation they need to be undertaking.
In its current guise the app is fairly robust, although the journey to this point has been long and fraught with technical issues.