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NHS Covid app: weekly contact alerts now level with number of positive cases as figure drops below 200,000
Manual contact-tracing is now bearing much of the burden of reaching those who may have been exposed to coronavirus
DHSC contract covers out-of-hours GOV.UK Covid updates
Urgent amendments will be supported by digital content specialist Scroll
Scotland to press on with plans for mandatory vaccine status for events and nightclubs
Citizens will be required to demonstrate status from start of next month
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Aberdeenshire Council launches demand-responsive transport app
Council’s Ready2Go transport app to cut journey times and meet Covid-related changes in demand
NHS Covid Pass looks to ‘next phase’ and improvement of user experience
Cognizant awarded £1m-plus deal to boost development resources
NHS Covid app: venue check-ins fall off a cliff as contact alerts continue to decline
Usage of app to participate in contact-tracing feature declines sharply
Emergency Services Network seeks £130k commercial bigwig to manage supplier contracts
Postholder will be asked to ‘create a culture and behaviour change’
DWP buys £16m of laptops to support homeworking
Department signs two-year deal with reseller CDW
Departments launch £4m competition to explore running broadband through water pipes
Aim of funding mechanism is to speed up the rollout of fibre cables
Departments must ‘improve IT accessibility and interoperability’, says Whitehall disability champion
DCMS perm sec Sarah Healey says that difficulties encountered by disabled colleagues are ‘unacceptable’
Minister under fire for replacing phone before it was searched in procurement proceedings
Transparency campaigners question why Lord Bethell’s documents cannot be retrieved
Northern Irish vaccine certification app gradually expands availability after shaky start
Citizens can obtain digital documentation for travel dates in the next two weeks
Covid app updated to reduce isolation alerts
Fewer contacts of asymptomatic cases will be advised to self-isolate
NHS seeks £15m mobile contract to support vaccine rollout
Bidders sought for voice and data deal
No.10 weighs in after ministers contradict government line on Covid app alerts
Downing Street contradicts claims from business-focused ministers that adhering to isolation pings is at an individual’s discretion
MPs urge government to rethink tech policies after deletion of data from locked Treasury phones
Recently published data revealed that more than 100 devices were wiped after staff forgot their passcode
Sensitivity of contact-tracing app will not be adjusted
Spokesperson for PM confirms changes will not be made
Government plans to put digital identities on same footing as passports and driving licences
Consultation launched to explore key issues
Weekly contact alerts via NHS Covid app top half a million
Fears continue to rise over people choosing to delete or disable technology
Digital system to allow police to instantly check drivers’ identity
Technology developed by DVLA has already saved 14,000 hours so far
Contact-tracing app could be made less sensitive – reports
Government says it will take advice on functionality of technology
Scotland bolsters contact-tracing scheme
Programme adds more staff and introduces new means of contact
Minister claims EU rebuffed UK proposals to maintain mutual free roaming
UK proposed ‘continuation of reciprocal agreements’ – which the EU did not agree to, according to Matt Warman
NHS Covid app: from 16 August exposure alerts will ask users if they have been fully vaccinated
With rules of quarantine being relaxed next month, app will turn off isolation timer for those who indicate they have been double-jabbed