Lee Stanley, who says he installed the app last Thursday as soon as it was available, saw this message flash up: "Possible Covid-19 exposure. Someone you were near reported having Covid-19. Exposure date, duration and signal strength have been saved."Let's block ads! (Why?)
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Some users of the new NHS contact-tracing app have received notifications saying they'd been near someone with coronavirus, only to discover the alerts were system checks sent by Google and Apple.People who downloaded the COVID-19 app in England and Wales told Sky News they had received a notification which said: "Someone you were near reported having COVID-19." Yet, when they clicked on the message, they found no information explaining whether they should self-isolate. Image: The correct NHS app message sent if you need to self-isolate The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed it was a "default message" sent by Google and Apple - the makers of the app's technology - but it had already caused confusion, forcing at least one ...
Asos, the online fashion retailer which has been buffeted by a series of profit warnings, will on Wednesday unveil a boardroom shake-up as part of an attempt to rebuild relations with investors.Sky News has learnt that Asos, which has seen its value more than halve during the past year, has recruited several new non-executive directors, including Luke Jensen, the boss of online grocery retailer Ocado's technology solutions arm. The new board members have been drafted in by Adam Crozier, who took over as Asos chairman in April. Image: Adam Crozier the Asos chairman has drafted in new board members Since Mr Crozier's arrival, the former City darling has issued its second profit alert in seven months, blaming a troublesome IT upgrade in ...
Hundreds of lives are being saved every year thanks to a new digital alert system which automatically flags possible cases of sepsis in hospitals, the NHS has said.The technology uses an algorithm including data from a patient's blood pressure, heart rate and numerous other factors to determine whether sepsis may have developed. The new "alert and action" computer programme has already been built into digital patient systems at hospitals in Berkshire, Liverpool and Cambridge. Image: The tech is part of an NHS-wide push to tackle sepsis Claire Burnett, clinical nurse specialist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, helped to develop the technology.She told Sky News: "Previously we were using a paper screening tool, using the same algorithm ...
