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NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app won't do automatic contact tracing when it launches

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The long-delayed NHS contact tracing app to launch this week won't automatically trace whether you've been in contact with people with Coronavirus, Number 10 has confirmed.

A Downing Street spokesman said that when it launches on Thursday, the app will be missing its key feature. When it was first announced in May, it was intended that it would use bluetooth connections to map who a user had been close to.

When a user tested positive, the system was supposed to inform others they had been close to that they should self-isolate. After testing on the Isle of Wight, ministers admitted the core functionality did not work as well as was needed.

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