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Coronavirus track and trace

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Gwyneth Thu 08-Oct-20 14:35:44

I received a message on my phone this morning which said that I had been near someone with Covid 19 but that was it. So what am I supposed to do? Have received no further instruction so far. Tried ringing 111 but can’t get through. Has this happened to anyone else and what did you do? Any advice gratefully accepted.

2020convert Sat 10-Oct-20 12:29:16

NannanTo4
Thanks to your daughter. Excellent info. Not that I can download the app either. My phone is too old and I can’t afford to upgrade. Therefore I’ll just be taking the normal precautions of washing hands, wearing a face covering and keeping my distance. It’s going to be a long winter. Keep well everyone

GrauntyHelen Sat 10-Oct-20 13:26:38

Self isolate for 14days

Greciangirl Sat 10-Oct-20 15:03:26

Sounds like it’s more trouble than it’s worth to me.

FlotheCrow Sat 10-Oct-20 15:04:00

Ignore it. It may be a scam.

susieboo Sat 10-Oct-20 15:34:21

The GOV.co.uk site is very helpful

Kane4 Sat 10-Oct-20 21:02:43

These are algorithm sent out by your Apple or Google who made the app and they're in the process of trying to remove this problem. If you get a proper Track and Trace message it will be in the app when you open it and will tell you what to do.

MissAdventure Sat 10-Oct-20 21:03:58

World beating, isn't it?

MaggieMay69 Sat 10-Oct-20 22:54:46

Won't work on my phone, and it has been inundated with errors on my families phones, I shan't be buying new. I shall just use me noggin and stick to being careful. This was doomed to failure sadly.
World beating my backside! lol

Gwyneth Sat 10-Oct-20 23:14:06

Barrygirl exactly as you said it was a little red dot ? on the phone which alerted me and when I pressed it came up with the message you have been near someone with Covid 19. As you say B9Exchange I think it was generated by my phone rather than the app. I received another one today actually. I’m so glad that I posted this as all your brilliant replies and the websites you have listed are really helpful. These replies will also help other posters who have a similar experience. So a big thanks again to all of you who took the time to reply.

Gelisajams Sun 11-Oct-20 19:51:30

If you go on the Covid app and read through everything, it tells you this could happen. It’s from google not the App.
If it’s a real message you will get a countdown clock to isolate whereas this message disappears and you can’t retrieve it.
This happened to me last night and I really panicked !

Grany Sun 18-Oct-20 10:34:21

Servo contract renewed has made 165 million profit for shambolic test and trace

westendgirl Sun 18-Oct-20 12:27:20

And so it goes on , with no penalties for poor performances.

BlueBelle Sun 18-Oct-20 12:38:34

The very reasons I didn’t download it it’s useless
please stop calling it a NHS App it is not it’s SERCO

Nhs could be used as every hospital has a very stringent tracking system used in their Sexual health clinics but of course SERCO is a money making machine for some