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reports, about 90,000, most of those are omicron, every single day, so 1000 is still quite small. scientists, what they look for, is it more severe? and it spread more quickly? does it evade vaccines? so far, no data to say that it is more severe than omicron. the early data is showing that it s spreading more quickly than the original version. they looked at contact tracing data and found it was spreading more quickly within households. while growth advantage can fluctuate in the early data, so that s why they are saying it is important to be cautious because this is really early data. i think it has a substantial growth advantage. that s - reads substantial growth advantage. that spreads more substantial growth advantage. that spreads more quickly. it substantial growth advantage. that spreads more quickly. it spreads i spreads more quickly. it spreads more quickly. spreads more quickly. it spreads more quickly, basically. - spreads more quickly. it spreads more quickly, basica
0fficials officials say some variants appear to spread more easily. katharine da costa has more. it s a variant under investigation, which is why they re trying to learn more about it. so far, about 1000 cases have been confirmed in england. that s actually really small. if you think about the daily infections that we report, about 90,000, most 0micron every single day, so 1000 is about, single day, so 1000 is quite small, they look for is a more severe, can it spread more quickly, can it evade the vaccines? so far, no data to say that it s more severe than 0micron. the early data is showing that it s spreading more quickly than the original version. they looked at contact tracing data and found that it was spreading a little bit more quickly within households. while growth advantage can fluctuate in the early data,
12 Apr 2021
Silicon Valley tech giants Apple and Google have blocked an update to the British government’s coronavirus contact tracing app from their respective app stores as the update shared the locations of users with the government, violating privacy regulations.
An update to the National Health Service (NHS) COVID-19 app was intended to be released in time with the loosening of lockdown restrictions in the UK on Monday.
The previous incarnation of the contact tracing app, which is still active on both Android and iOS devices, logs location data on a user’s device rather than it being sent to a centralised database. The app on the user’s device then compares the location data it holds against the NHS database to notify a user if an outbreak has occurred in a place they have visited.