Digital responses to Covid-19

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19 October 2021

Covid-19 passports become law for events in Scotland

Nightclubs and other large events, including football games, will only be able to allow entry to people who have a
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13 September 2021

Plans for Covid passports in England scrapped, Sajid Javid confirms

Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show Sajid Javid said the government had decided not to go ahead with the
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NHS Covid-19 App
12 August 2021

NHS Covid-19 app engineer talks updates, the ‘pingdemic’ and data

The NHS Covid-19 app is set to be updated from August 16 to allow double jabbed people to add their
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2 August 2021

NHS Covid-19 app updated to reduce number of ‘pings’

The NHS Covid-19 app currently sends isolation notices to close contacts of people five days prior a positive test, but
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29 July 2021

Covid passport app launched in Northern Ireland this week

The Norther Ireland Department of Health has launched CovidCertNI to make it easier for people to access their Covid passport
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19 July 2021

More than 3 million records uploaded for Welsh Covid passport

On the day the Covid passport service was launched (June 25) Digital Health and Care Wales uploaded more than 3.7
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NHS Covid-19 App
13 July 2021

NHS Covid-19 app to be updated to cut isolation alerts

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has said the NHS Covid-19 app may need to be updated in line with coronavirus restrictions
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2 July 2021

Palantir appoints former Cerner boss to cement place in UK health sector

Dr Justin Whatling joins Palantir from Cerner. His main role will be to provide guidance to the tech giant's health
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2 July 2021

Covid-19 vaccine status added to personal health records in Scotland

The Scottish government has struck a deal with Orion Health to enable health and care workers to access a person’s
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30 June 2021

Covid-19 passports to go live in Northern Ireland ‘from next week’

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health announced its Covid-19 passport could be live by Monday, July 5 – ahead of the
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