The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the launch of a new NHS COVID-19 app to help control COVID-19 transmission alongside national and local contact tracing. Features of the app include contact tracing using Bluetooth, risk alerts based on postcode district, QR check-in at venues, symptom checker and test booking. Businesses are now required by law to display the official NHS QR code posters from 24 September so people can check-in at different premises with the app. The guidance document ‘Use of the NHS COVID-19 app in schools and further education colleges’, explains how the App will work in education settings. Guidance has also been issued providing further details on maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support the NHS Test and Trace for sectors such as hospitality, hairdressers and leisure facilities.
