Test and Trace app pings neighbours through walls if their phones are too close despite the people having NO face-to-face contact
The NHS Test and Trace app is 'pinging' neighbours through walls The NHS Test and Trace app is 'pinging' neighbours through walls if their phones are in close proximity to each other, it was claimed last night. Neighbours are being forced into quarantine for ten days despite never coming into contact with a positive case of the virus because the bluetooth signal used by the app is known to be strong enough to penetrate walls. This means the technology will occasionally send an order to quarantine to people because their next-door neighbour – with whom they share a wall – may have tested positive, sources told The Telegraph. It comes as business leaders warned the 'pingdemic' was causing chaos for families, firms and hospitals and demanded changes on the NHS Covid-19 app to avoid a 'self-inflicted economic wound'. NHS chiefs have also warned the system was making it 'increasingly difficult' to deliver routine care and said hospitals were