How does tracking and tracking work?

What does the postal code district risk level mean?

Providing the app with the first half of the zip code allows you to be notified by the government when the risk level in your area changes. The meaning of each risk level is as follows.

high

Higher risk means that the municipality uses additional measures such as lockdown to reduce infection.

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At moderate risk in a region, the local government or neighboring local governments have higher levels of infection than the rest of the country. Local area plans may have been implemented to reduce infections, including additional testing in long-term care facilities and additional mobile testing capabilities.

Low

Normal coronavirus measures are in place.

How can the app help me book a test?

You can report the details of the symptom in the app. If they suggest a possible Covid-19 infection, the app will ask you to book a test online for yourself and your entire family. You also need to self-isolate for 14 days.

Even if you book the test differently, you can link the test results to the app if you get positive results.

To link the test results to the app, go to the app’s home screen[テスト結果を入力]Choose. Then enter the code you received from the test service by email or text.

What happened to the previous NHS app?

Based on Apple and Google’s privacy-centric software, the app is the second attempt by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHSC) to develop software that enhances contact tracking efforts.

The first version, which centrally stores some information, Isle of Wight May.

The app is Sent back to the drawing board After the government decides on that approach Presenting too many technical challenges..

Technical issues included an audit that Apple’s phone could only find 1 in 25 contacts. This app didn’t work on Android smartphones over 4 years ago.

The cause of these issues was the fact that the NHSX app was trying to circumvent the privacy restrictions imposed on smartphones by Apple, which makes the iPhone, and Google, which makes the Android.

Due to these restrictions, when the iPhone is idle, Bluetooth match registration will stop and the technology will be disabled.

Is there a privacy issue?

Some people have reported concerns about patient privacy. Dr. Yves Alexander Demonjoyer, Head of Computational Privacy Group at Imperial College London, warns that such apps “may collect sensitive information such as location information.”

“We need to do everything we can to delay the outbreak. Contact tracing requires the processing of very sensitive data on a large scale. The basic right to privacy. There are certain methods that can be reliably implemented while protecting them. We cannot help but use them, “he said.

Hancock opposed privacy issues, arguing that data is retained only as long as it is needed and that “all data is processed in accordance with the highest ethical and security standards.”

“If you feel sick, you can safely communicate this new NHS app. The app will anonymously alert other app users with important contacts,” said the Secretary of Health. I am.

What if I live in Scotland or Northern Ireland?

Scotland and Wales have individual contact tracking apps that you can download and use. NHS apps for the UK do not work in these countries, so you will need to download another app and switch if you already have a UK app.

If you are a Scottish user, go to the app store and search for “Protect Scotland”.

For Northern Ireland, go to the app store and search for “Stop COVID NI”.

Both apps work the same as the English app. This means that you must first configure them to turn on Bluetooth so that it can continue to run in the background.

If you already have an app from another country installed, you can open a new app to switch the contact tracing area. When asked if you want to switch the exposure notification to the current app,[許可]Tap.