What’s in an app?

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In relation to the cross-border use of the app, Mr Harris said inter-operability between EU member states and use of the app across the Border “presents specific challenges which have yet to be addressed”.

“The specific challenge of North-South travel in Ireland and across the Irish Sea has been highlighted in EU meetings convened to discuss eHealth and the app.”

There in a nutshell is a problem of the moment. How big a problem for the island is the choice of different contact tracing apps north and south?  Is an answer  uncoloured by the usual politics too much to hope for?

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