From bunting to the big picture: Isle of Wight becomes UK's virus app test bed

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Britain has chosen to process data centrally rather than on the devices themselves.

From bunting to the big picture: Isle of Wight becomes UK's virus app test bed
COWES, England (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak put paid to May Day festivities on the Isle of Wight this week and brought the spotlight to the island for a very different reason: it has been designated a testing ground for a tracing app aimed at stemming the virus's spread. Walking down the ...

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