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**Hugh** · 02-05-2020, 16:05

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Originally Posted by Paul

Yep, I look forward to the smart phone they will be providing.

The vast majority already have one.

https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/page...he-market.html

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Adoption remains strongest with 18-24 and 25-34-year-olds, among whom mobile ownership is almost universal: 93% and 94% adoption respectively. Within the previously resistant 45+ groups, adoption has leapt from 60 to 90% for the 45-54 age band, and up to 80% for the 55-75 band.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52294896

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A contact-tracing app could help stop the coronavirus pandemic, but 80% of current smartphone owners would need to use it, say experts advising the NHS.

The University of Oxford's Big Data Institute has modelled a city of one million people to simulate the software's impact.

If there is lower uptake, academics say the app would still help slow the spread of Covid-19.

They add that letting people self-diagnose the illness could be critical.

That means users would only have to answer an on-screen questionnaire before being judged to be at significant risk of infection. They would not have to speak to a health advisor or wait for a medical test result.

This would send a cascade of alerts to people they had recently been in proximity to, advising them to go back into self-isolation.

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The over-70s have not been factored in, on the basis they would remain "shielded" by staying at home, he added.

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The team estimates that 56% of the general population must use the app to halt the outbreak. Prof Fraser said that equated to 80% of all existing smartphone owners, based on data from Ofcom.

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Prof Fraser said that officials were discussing giving smartphones to those without - or cheaper, wearable Bluetooth devices - in order to boost the number of citizens involved.