At least seven million people will need to download the new NHS Test and Trace Covid app for it to start reducing the spread of the virus, according to government estimates. The new smartphone app was ...

Health secretary Matt Hancock described the app’s launch as a “defining moment”, saying it would help to contain the virus “at a critical time”. It comes amid rising coronavirus infections in the UK, ...

An update to the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app has been blocked by Big Tech. Credit: Phil Barker / Future Publishing via Getty Images Google and Apple have blocked an update to the UK government's ...

A new version of England's COVID-19 contact-tracing app, this time based on technology from Apple and Google, has entered trials. The UK government yesterday announced that the long-suffering Test and ...