Couples are being told to cancel their wedding if pinged by the NHS app

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The number of people being pinged has hit a record high

Professor Tim Spector, a leading epidemiologist at King's College has said the NHS COVID app is no longer useful."People working in the NHS have been told to delete it... I don't think the app saying someone might have passed [you] by in a supermarket is actually that useful any more," he said during a Sky News appearance."Employers have got to use common sense in this. It seems to be overkill.

 

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