The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has told BBC Breakfast that people may need to “upgrade” their phones in order to access the government’s new NHS Covid-19 app.
It follows criticism after some people with iPhone 6 and older versions of Apple’s handsets said they couldn’t download it.
The contact-tracing app instructs users to self-isolate for 14 days if it detects they were nearby someone who has the virus.
