Original title: Do not want to isolate, more than 30% of Britons delete the new crown tracking app
[Global Times comprehensive report] After the UK completely lifted its epidemic prevention restrictions last week, it mainly used the new crown tracking app to prevent and control the epidemic, timely determine the location of secret contacts and require them to self isolate. However, what worries the British government and scientists is that 1/3 of the British people have deleted the app in order to avoid isolation.
According to a recent British poll, more than 30% of British people aged 18 to 34 have uninstalled the new crown tracking app, and 30% of those still using the app plan to delete it within 6 days, Bloomberg reported on the 25th. Mark Harper, a member of the British Conservative Party, said that the British government should take immediate action to avoid a large number of people deleting the application, or even evading nucleic acid testing. "This is very dangerous for public health and safety," he said
The Ministry of Health and Social Security said that the app has been downloaded more than 26 million times, but declined to disclose how many people have uninstalled the app or turned off the tracking function. Last week, about 620000 people in England and Wales received the notice of self isolation, which is much higher than the 530000 people in the previous week. The British government is worried that the actual number of informants is far more than that. (Wang Yi)