Covid-19 tracing app nears 1 million downloads in 24 hours

"We expect to be at 1 million users of our new Covid Tracker App within 24 hours of our formal launch." Paul Reid, HSE head. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins.

The number of people who have downloaded theGovernment's Covid-19 tracing app is expected to pass one million within 24 hours of its formal launch, which the HSE saying would make it the most successful launch in the world.