Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

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NHS COVID-19 app has been downloaded over 10 million times

1.5 million venue check-ins on Saturday with the new app receiving positive reviews
Businesses embrace the new app with 460,000 QR code posters downloaded and printed

Ten thousand UK volunteers will be invited to join a leading phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial.

Care providers will be given an extra £546 million to bolster infection control and help protect residents and staff throughout winter.

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The government will fund 20 projects to address the challenges faced by some of the world's most vulnerable people during COVID-19.

250,000 clear face masks are to be delivered to frontline NHS and social care workers to support better care for people who use lip-reading and facial expressions to communicate.

A new £500 million funding package will be invested in next generation testing technology and increased testing capacity.

The latest weekly statistics show that the service has consistently reached the vast majority of those testing positive and their contacts in 3 months of operation.

A nationwide effort led by PHE to find out whether people who had COVID-19 can get infected again has now recruited 10,000 health workers from across the NHS.