NHS Covid app to be made less sensitive after 60% rise in ‘pings’
The Times says the sensitivity of the NHS Covid-19 tracing app is to be reduced after the number of people “pinged” rose more than 60 per cent in a week. Ministers fear that users will delete the app to avoid being advised to self-isolate.
Whitehall officials are planning to alter how long and how close someone has to be to another app user to be considered a coronavirus risk, but have not decided what the new rules will be.
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