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Covid-19 smartphone app finally launches in England and Wales

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) contact tracing smartphone app of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) is displayed on a mobile phone in this illustration photograph taken September 24, 2020. [Reuters]

England and Wales launch a COVID-19 smartphone app on Thursday, allowing users to trace contacts, check the local level of risk and record visits to venues such as pubs, four months after the technology was promised to the public.

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