Get app and help protect

People in Airdrie and Coatbridge are being urged to download the new Protect Scotland app to suppress the spread of coronavirus.

The free app, available on Apple and Google stores, enhances existing Test and Protect measures.

Once downloaded, it works in the background, using Bluetooth technology to alert people if they have been within two metres for at least 15 minutes with another app user who has tested positive for Covid-19. It also alerts app users you have been in close contact with if you test positive, even if they are unknown to you.

People’s privacy will be protected, as the app uses encrypted anonymised codes to determine close contacts, which are deleted after 14 days.

It doesn’t store details on an individual, or their location.

App in hand Nicola Sturgeon is urging people to download the app