Published 12:38 IST, April 13th 2020
UK Health Secretary: New NHS app for contact tracing in development
As coronavirus is spreading rapidly across the United Kingdom, the government has announced that a new NHS app for contact tracing is being developed.
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As coronavirus is spreing rapidly across United Kingdom, government has anunced that a new NHS app for contact tracing is being developed. While dressing daily coronavirus briefing, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that ‘new step’ will help content he furr spre of dely virus. UK government is doing everything to overcome COVID-19 pandemic, meanwhile, country has reported nearly 84,000 confirmed cases and dely virus has claimed more than 10,000.
Hancock said, “Today, I wanted to outline next step, a new NHS app for contact tracing. If you become unwell with symptoms of coronavirus you can securely tell this new NHS app. app will n send an alert anymously to or app users you've been in significant contact with over last few days, even before you've h symptoms, so that y kw and y can act accordingly. We are alrey testing this app.”
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He furr also informed that country also has ‘spare capacity’ for critical care. He said UK has more than 2,200 spare critical care beds available, refore, everyone can get care y need. However, he was unable to expand on number of deaths of NHS workers, although, authorities are looking into ‘each circumstance’ to find how y picked up virus.
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UK pledges £200 million to charities
Furrmore, UK has also pledged an ditional sum of £200 million to World Health Organisation (WHO) and or charities to help slow spre of vel Coronavirus in vulnerable countries. amount is aimed at accelerating response efforts to stem second-wave of COVID-19 resurgence. United Nations' (UN) ncies such as WHO, Red Cross, and Charities in homeland and overseas are among organisations government donated an ditional pack of £ 200 million funds under UK aid scheme, International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said in a statement.
As per release, " pack of £200 million will back UK charities and international organizations to help reduce mass infections in developing countries which often lack healthcare systems to track and halt virus.”
(Im source: AP)
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12:38 IST, April 13th 2020