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Covid-19 app must have ‘wide roll-out’ in construction

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has urged the construction industry to ensure the widest possible uptake of the NHS covid-19 app, which launches in England and Wales today.

The app will enable QR check-in at sites and venues and the CLC said it would be an important way for NHS Test and Trace in England, and NHS Test, Trace, Protect in Wales to contact multiple people when coronavirus outbreaks are identified.

Co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Andy Mitchell said: “We believe the construction industry can lead the way in encouraging the widest possible roll-out of this app, which will be vital in our national fight against covid-19 in the weeks and months ahead.

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