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initial points from meeting 1
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# (Rough) Timeline of events related to the NHS Covid-19 App
add nhsx v apple/google api comparison might be useful for Australia, as they released an app using their own tech so comparisons could be made to nhsx tech.
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* 12 April: Gov announces app is being tested at Downing St. Press conference ([article](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/12/uk-app-to-track-coronavirus-spread-to-be-launched)/[recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Kjbw8i8BQ))
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* 22 April: App starts being tested on an RAF base in North Yorkshire ([link](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52381103))
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* 27 April: NHS rejects Apple/Google API ([link](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52441428))
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* 4 (5th?) May: Contact tracing app starts being tested on the Isle of Wight of both proprietary NHSX technology and Apple/Google API ([link](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/05/nhs-covid-19-the-uks-coronavirus-contacts-tracing-app-explained/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAsSPjPMG9k_WL4BhU1LS4wzZC0Lh1qv0-8dvOGL6fyPciViqmWzD_m2C9HZK_uAmppeNrLfxBQH0VRUPB9Hmaf_ua40wRE2urFQB_e3ONFgu7pJHr-D0xNNJOBWx5ZvZ2gFJgThdGKrt9t-zKo1N_3ezAkMxnxtMDhw0It-ujAd))
* NHSX tech only registered 75% of Android & 4% of Apple devices, Apple/Google got 99% of each ([link](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/06/government-abandons-contact-tracing-app-for-apple-and-googles-tech/))
add nhsx v apple/google api comparison might be useful for Australia, as they released an app using their own tech so comparisons could be made to nhsx tech.
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* Apple/Google APIs are generally seen as more privacy-sensitive, and are interoperable with each other
* 21 May: Apple/Google release their APIs ([link](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/05/google-apple-contact-tracing-software-release/))
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* Sometime in May: NHSX tech abandoned for Apple/Google APIs
* 13 Aug: Trial of new app in Isle of Wight + Volunteers elsewhere (and in Newham, apparently) ([link](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/08/covid-19-new-trial-nhs-contact-tracing-app/))
* Seems to be first time QR check-in was added
* 24 Sept: Contact tracing app launches in England & Wales ([link](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/09/nhs-covid-19-contact-tracing-app-launched-england-wales/))