HSE urging the public to reinstall Covid Tracker App following battery issues

The HSE is urging people who’ve recently uninstalled its Covid Tracker App to reconsider.

It follows news that tens of thousands of android users have deleted it since it was first rolled out.

Meanwhile a fix for Android phones is being rolled out by Google this morning, after users of the tracker app reported their batteries being drained over the weekend.

Technology correspondent Jess Kelly says people are now being asked to reinstall it:

“Around 86,000 people have uninstalled the app from their android phone. They don’t have this data for Apple phones. The HSE this morning are begging and pleading with anyone who uninstalled the app over the weekend to please reinstall it, particularly as the numbers continue to increase at the moment.”