United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 97017
Contact Tracing: Software
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29 September 2020
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14 October 2020 · Answer
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14 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide access to the NHS COVID-19 app for people with phones that are unable to use the current software.
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29 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide access to the NHS COVID-19 app for people with phones that are unable to use the current software.
Source: Commons
14 October 2020
Answer
We have always known that some people's phones would not be able to support the app. This is the same in all countries with apps using the Google and Apple exposure notification API for contact tracing. However, the app works on the vast majority of hands...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-29/97017
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1238866
- uk · wq-1238866 · source updated 14 October 2020