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$Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson participates in a national \clap for carers\ to show thanks for the work of Britains NHS (National Health Service) workers and other frontline medical staff around the country as they battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)$ World

UK confident COVID-19 tracking system will be in place before lockdown...

Health workers have warned that any failure in tracing people with the virus and their contacts would result in a second...

22 May 2020 4:23 PM IST

We must be sure that the app and its stated purpose is used for that, (and) not by governments, companies, etc, to find out who youre talking to, or where youre going, United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat Head Chengetai Masango said. (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

Governments, companies should not use COVID apps to find out users'...

United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat Head Chengetai Masango said privacy should be paramount.

29 Jun 2020 8:17 PM IST

The app relies on software developed by US technology giants Apple and Google, and in a bid to assuage privacy concerns, holds all the data generated on peoples phones and allows the information to be deleted easily. (Photo | AFP)

Britain's delayed virus app launched in England and Wales, after...

The app uses Bluetooth to alert users if they spend 15 minutes or more within two metres of a user who subsequently...

24 Sept 2020 10:41 PM IST

Health officials initially targeted a 60% adoption rate for tracing apps, an optimistic goal based on an Oxford University study from April although researchers noted a lower uptake still helps if other measures, such as social distancing, are enforced. (Photo | AFP)

It's not even privacy that's the issue, yet Europe is cold to Covid...

A few countries have scrapped their tracing apps and others have found so few users that the technology is not very...

22 Sept 2020 5:32 PM IST