NI Covid-19 tracing app extended to young people from September

Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 tracing app is to be extended to children and young people from next month, health minister Robin Swann said (David Young/PA)

Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 tracing app is to be extended to children and young people from next month, the North's health minister said.

The phone app designed to monitor the spread of the virus was launched on July 31 and has already been downloaded more than 300,000 times.