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| UK coronavirus live: contact tracing app trial begins on Isle of Wight | UK coronavirus live: contact tracing app trial begins on Isle of Wight |
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| Trial begins for new contact tracing app while government’s top scientists are questioned by MPs | Trial begins for new contact tracing app while government’s top scientists are questioned by MPs |
| Hancock also suggested the public have a “duty” to install the contact tracing app on their smart phones. | |
| “If you download the app you are doing your duty and you’re helping save lives,” he told BBC Breakfast. | |
| Matt Hancock has insisted there is “high privacy” in the coronavirus contact-tracing app. | |
| He said a user’s phone will store anonymously the information about all the phones it has been within two metres of for more than 15 minutes in the previous few days. | |
| He said one of the aspects being tested in the trial on the Isle of Wight is whether the best thing is for someone who gets a message saying they have been in contact with someone with symptoms should self-isolate “in case you develop the symptoms”. | |
| He told BBC Breakfast: | |
| The Health Service Journal reported that the app had so far failed tests needed to be included in the NHS app library. | |
| The government insisted the HSJ report was untrue. | |
| Labour’s leader, Keir Starmer, said that just as there was a consensus going into lockdown, there should be consensus coming out. | Labour’s leader, Keir Starmer, said that just as there was a consensus going into lockdown, there should be consensus coming out. |
| Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain he said: | Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain he said: |
| He said protective equipment for workers is not a “luxury item” that would be “nice to have”. | He said protective equipment for workers is not a “luxury item” that would be “nice to have”. |
| The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has defended the decision to build the contact tracing app from scratch and decline offers of help from Google and Apple. | The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has defended the decision to build the contact tracing app from scratch and decline offers of help from Google and Apple. |
| Speaking to Sky News he said: | Speaking to Sky News he said: |
| Hancock also conceded that more discussions would need to take place with trade unions and employers to ensure that work places are safe to return to when the lockdown is eased. | Hancock also conceded that more discussions would need to take place with trade unions and employers to ensure that work places are safe to return to when the lockdown is eased. |
| He said: | He said: |
| Hancock did not rule out imposing sanctions on employers who fail to offer safe work places, but he refused to go into details. | Hancock did not rule out imposing sanctions on employers who fail to offer safe work places, but he refused to go into details. |
| Isle of Wight Tory MP, Bob Seely, urged people in his constituency to back the new coronavirus contact-tracing app being piloted on the island. | Isle of Wight Tory MP, Bob Seely, urged people in his constituency to back the new coronavirus contact-tracing app being piloted on the island. |
| Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: | Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: |
| Welcome to our UK coronavirus live blog. Council and NHS workers on the Isle of Wight will be the first to try out the new contact tracing app as the trial on the island gets under way on Tuesday | Welcome to our UK coronavirus live blog. Council and NHS workers on the Isle of Wight will be the first to try out the new contact tracing app as the trial on the island gets under way on Tuesday |
| If successful the app will be rolled out across the UK as ministers hope will form a key part of their strategy for easing the lockdown. | If successful the app will be rolled out across the UK as ministers hope will form a key part of their strategy for easing the lockdown. |
| Meanwhile, Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for a “national consensus” on easing the restrictions, amid concerns that lifting the measures could put some workers at risk. | Meanwhile, Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for a “national consensus” on easing the restrictions, amid concerns that lifting the measures could put some workers at risk. |
| Starmer said “People rightly need confidence that it’s safe before they go back out to work, travel or use public services.” He called for a “national safety standard” for businesses, schools and public services, with clear guidelines on social distancing. | Starmer said “People rightly need confidence that it’s safe before they go back out to work, travel or use public services.” He called for a “national safety standard” for businesses, schools and public services, with clear guidelines on social distancing. |
| Later on Tuesday morning two of the government’s leading coronavirus experts will be questioned by MPs. The chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, and England’s deputy chief medical officer, Jenny Harries will appear before the Commons health and social care committee at 9.30am. | Later on Tuesday morning two of the government’s leading coronavirus experts will be questioned by MPs. The chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, and England’s deputy chief medical officer, Jenny Harries will appear before the Commons health and social care committee at 9.30am. |