False alarm: NHS coronavirus tracing app sends out “ghost notifications” to iOS and Android users

[Natural News]: Phantom “exposure notifications” sent out by the NHS Covid-19 tracing app have distressed users who have installed it on their iOS and Android devices. Alerts informing possible exposure to a COVID-19 case appear on users’ phones, but tapping on these notifications only makes them disappear – and opening the app itself displays no information related to the alert.

Apple and Google still have not fixed the glitch. Currently, the app has over 16 million downloads in England and Wales.

National Health Service (NHS) officials claim the notifications are not a cause for concern, as these are “default messages” that indicate the app is “on and working.” An FAQ page on the NHS website tackling the issue said these “default notifications” cannot be turned off and informed that important messages will always be visible from inside the app.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) pointed its fingers at Apple and Google for the phantom notifications, claiming that these are designed “to alert the user that the app and API are sharing information” following MailOnline’s scrutiny on the matter. “NHS Covid-19 app users only need to self-isolate if they get a notification directly from the app advising them to do,” DHSC said in a statement.

Furthermore, the DHSC said users should only self-isolate when this message shows up: “The app has detected that you have been in contact with someone who has coronavirus. Please stay at home and self-isolate to keep yourself and others safe.”

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