Why have Apple and Google blocked the NHS Covid app update?
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Apple and Google have blocked an updated version of the Covid-19 tracking app in England and Wales due to privacy concerns.
The latest update to the Covid-19 tracking app in England and Wales has been paused following objections from two major tech giants.
While the app is still available to download from both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, the companies have blocked the latest update as it violates their privacy rules.
The roll-out of the newest version of the app, which was due to coincide with the easing of lockdown restrictions in the UK this week, would have allowed users to upload a history of venues they had checked into if they tested positive for Covid-19. However, Apple and Google’s decentralised contact-tracing tech prevents the sharing of location data.
Apple and Google block NHS Covid app update over privacy breaches
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MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – State health officials reported 804 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, breaking the prior two-day streak of more than 1,000 new cases.
The 7-day average is 778 new cases per day.
The state received 4,414 results for people being tested for the first time or testing positive, and 18% (18.2%) were positive. The remaining 3,610 tests were negative. The positivity rate’s 7-day average for all testing plateaued at 3.8% of all tests after days of rising.
It’s in part due to vaccinations that the death rate is holding steady at 1.1% even as the number of new cases and hospitalizations recently have recently risen, health officials say. The DHS reports 4 more deaths, and COVID-19′s death toll has reached 6,676 people. The four counties reporting new deaths were Brown, Milwaukee, Rock and Waukesha.