NHS Covid app could be watered down in DAYS over economy fears
The PM said today: "I know how difficult it would have been for people and I'm sorry for the hassle that people experienced as a result of this.
"It is coming to an end, but what we want to do is use this next few weeks just to do more vaccinations until we're able to move from quarantining from isolation to a tested release system.
Downing Street today confirmed work was under way to tone down the app's settings to stop contacts being constantly pinged.earlier confirmed the Health Secretary is looking at an "appropriate, balanced and proportionate" approach following the backlash. Grilled on the farce, Mr Sunak told Sky News: "I've spoken to the Health Secretary about this and he's aware of the frustration that people have around this.
"We have two different systems for the test and trace: we have obviously the NHS one, and we also have the app.
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