Health Secretary Matt Hancock has given more details of the Government’s plans for test, track and trace.
Leading the Daily Downing Street Press Conference, Hancock confirmed that the NHS Tracing App will be trialled this week in the Isle of Wight and encouraged anyone living on the island to download it. By doing so, he said,they will be protecting themselves and the whole community
He appeals to anyone living on the island to download the app. By doing so, they will be protecting themselves and the whole community, he says.
He described the system as a huge national undertaking of unprecedented scale and complexity and that it crucially allows us to take a more target approach to lockdown while still tackling the disease.
Health professionals will first be tested followed by all citizens, the system has been trialled in closed conditions at an RAF base.
288 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, taking the total to 28,734, that is the lowest daily rise since the end of March although the Health Secretary acknowledged that the figures following the weekend were generally lower.
1,291,000 tests have now been carried out in the UK, including 85,186 tests yesterday and 190,585 people have tested positive,an increase of 3,985 cases since yesterday. 13,258 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus
