What changes have been made to NHS Covid app?

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Almost 700,000 people were ‘pinged’ by the app last week

app was significantly changed on Monday so fewer contacts will be told to self-isolate after a large increase in the number of people being pinged since lockdown restrictions ended last month.

 

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Just asking, can the PCR test differentiate between someone with active Covid infection and someone with antibodies in their system due to vaccination? Could it produce false positives as a result?

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