Archive: The NHS COVID-19 app for England and Wales closed on 27 April 2023 and is no longer available. For current advice, see the NHS COVID-19 guidance.

Launched on 24 September 2020, the app used Bluetooth to help identify close contacts and included a QR-code check-in feature for participating venues. This page originally explained how to download and use the former service.

This NHS promotional video is from the original article; the app has since closed.

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Read the UK Health Security Agency’s archive for more about the app.