Do contact-tracing apps have a future? New article from team member Itzelle Medina-Perea

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17 Mar 2022 News published externally

It may feel like a long time ago, but it’s only nine months since the UK was in the grips of the “pingdemic”. Back in the summer of 2021, lifting COVID restrictions saw the country’s contact-tracing apps – the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales, the StopCOVID NI app in Northern Ireland, and the Protect Scotland app – notify hundreds of thousands of people of their need to isolate, causing widespread disruption. Read more on the Conversation

The NHS Covid-19 app on a mobile phone.