The National Health Service (NHS) launched its long-awaited COVID-19 app in England and Wales. Problem is, the app doesn't work on iPhone 6 or earlier.

A QR code scanner is also included in the new NHS COVID-19 app, which smartphone owners can use to check-into venues.

Google and Apple have blocked an update to the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app for breaching privacy terms, the BBC reports.

Dido Harding, the head of NHS Test and Trace, added: “The features of this app, including QR code check-in at venues, work alongside our traditional contact tracing service and will help us to ...

The UK government is urging businesses in England and Wales to ensure they have the necessary QR code capabilities in place, visible on entry, so customers who have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app ...