Coronavirus tracking app reports drop in symptomatic cases in Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northants

Coronavirus tracking app reports drop in symptomatic cases in Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northants An app helping scientists learn more about coronavirus is reporting a drop in symptomatic Covid-19 cases across north Northants as more people than ever are using it.

There are now 6,084 people in Corby, Ketttering, Wellingborough and East Northants self-reporting to the app which records if people have had a Covid-19 test, if they feel unwell and their symptoms. Northamptonshire Telegraph

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• REVEALED: Daventry's hotspots where Covid-19 has claimed most lives Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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Coronavirus test, track and trace plan launched on Isle of Wight

Coronavirus test, track and trace plan launched on Isle of Wight Isle of Wight residents will be the first to get access to a new contact tracing app as part of government action to minimise the spread of COVID-19. Department of Health and Social Care

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• CQC launches emergency support framework Care Quality Commission
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• List of participants of SAGE and related sub-groups Government Office for Science
• Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to Covid-19 than others? Institute for Fiscal Studies
• New COVID-19 staff terms and conditions FAQs NHS Employers
• Temporary NHS Community Hospital in Surrey named after Mary Seacole NHS England
• Review into factors impacting health outcomes from COVID-19 Public Health England
• Correspondence: Contact tracing: letters to directors of public health Public Health England

Coronavirus: First workers to trial NHS tracing app

Coronavirus: First workers to trial NHS tracing app An NHS app that aims to track the spread of coronavirus is being rolled out for the first time, as part of a trial on the Isle of Wight.

Council and healthcare workers will be the first to try the contact-tracing app, with the rest of the island able to download it from Thursday.

If the trial is successful, it could be available nationwide within weeks. BBC News

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• Coronavirus: Lockdown psychiatric care 'severely disrupted' BBC News
• Coronavirus: How it feels to be a dementia carer under lockdown BBC News
• Coronavirus: France's first known case 'was in December' BBC News
• Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 28,675 with 229 more fatalities The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus UK: Care home deaths NOT inevitable, report says The Daily Mail
• Contact tracing: what is the UK's test, track and trace plan? The Daily Telegraph
• Coronavirus: NHS Nightingale London to stop admitting patients The Daily Telegraph
• How a hotel is stemming the tide of Covid-19 among rough sleepers The Guardian
• UK government 'using crisis to transfer NHS duties to private sector' The Guardian
• Launch of PPE delivery system for care home staff hit by delays The Guardian
• The inside story of the UK's NHS coronavirus ventilator challenge The Guardian
• No 10 facing fresh calls for transparency over Sage pandemic advice The Guardian
• Coronavirus: Hospitals could be blamed for NHS staff deaths as coroners barred from investigating government failings The Independent
• Coronavirus: Trial of NHS contact tracing app to begin on Isle of Wight - but how does it work? Sky News