Opinion

May 14, 2020

Contact tracing apps: What's the least worst option?

Neither the NHS nor the Google/Apple contact tracing solutions will work. But there is a way to collect Covid-19 health data without compromising privacy.


Irene Ng

5 min read

Last week, the Isle of Wight — a small island on the south coast of the UK, known for its music festivals and dinosaur fossils — began ‘testing and tracing’ Covid-19 exposure amongst its citizens with a controversial new NHSX Coronavirus Contact Tracing App (NHS App).

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