超30%英国人删新冠追踪App

Politicians and scientists in the UK are concerned that people are deleting the official COVID-19 mobile phone app, or at least switching off its tracing function, to avoid having to self-isolate.

英国政界人士和科学家担心，为了逃避隔离，英国民众正在卸载官方的新冠追踪应用程序，或至少关闭其追踪功能。

An opinion poll released this month found that a third of 18- to 34-year-olds in the UK have deleted the app.

本月公布的最新民调显示，英国超过30% 的18至34岁民众已经卸载了新冠追踪应用程序。

The app uses Bluetooth technology to anonymously detect whether users have been within two meters of someone who’s subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 for 15 minutes or more.

该应用程序利用蓝牙技术，匿名检测用户是否在15分钟或更长时间内与新冠病毒检测阳性的人距离两米以内。

There’s no legal duty to self-isolate when someone gets an alert, but it’s strongly encouraged by the government.

虽然当用户收到警告时，没有自我隔离的法律义务，但英国政府对此提出强烈建议。

The Department of Health and Social Care said the app had been downloaded more than 26 million times, but declined to comment on how many people had since deleted it or switched off the contact tracing function.

英国卫生与社会保障部表示，该应用下载量已超过2600万次，但拒绝透露有多少人卸载应用或关闭追踪功能。

The app prevented an estimated 600,000 COVID-19 cases and 8,000 deaths between September and December 2020, a spokesperson for the department said.

该部门的一位发言人表示，在2020年9月至12月期间，该应用程序大约防止了60万新冠感染病例和8000例死亡病例。