England launches revamped contact tracing app

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England launches revamped contact tracing app

Doubles as a QR scanner for venue check-ins.

England launched a new version of its delayed COVID-19 smartphone app on Thursday using Google and Apple contact tracing technology, as well as providing local infection data and QR code check-ins at venues. The app was supposed to be the linchpin in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for a ...

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