It’s right to tweak the NHS Covid app – if only to keep people using it

Analysis: the plan to turn down the app’s sensitivity to reduce the number of alerts it sends out makes sense

The app can never be perfect. It relies on the strength of a Bluetooth signal to guess at the distance between two users, and despite months of testing, fundamental problems remain.

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