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Government confirms plan for new NHS app to track if you've been near coronavirus

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The government has confirmed it is planning an unprecedented app in the UK to track citizens and check if they've been near coronavirus.

The new NHS app would use your phone's location data to record where you have been in the past few days. Anyone who has had significant contact with someone with Covid-19 would receive an alert advising them to get tested.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock tonight said data from the app would be handled with "the highest ethical and security standards", and used only for NHS care and research.

But Mr Hancock - who said it is currently being tested - gave no timescale for how long the app will take to roll out or exactly what the rules will be.

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