The NHS App has quietly become a vaccine passport
In today's WIRED Daily, we explore how the NHS App has quietly become a vaccine passport and explain why the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is our new favourite EV.
England's case numbers are soaring – and so are self-isolation notifications from the NHS Covid-19 app. This so-called 'pingdemic' has led some people – including Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary – to delete the test and trace app to try and avoid self-isolation notices entirely.
But, there is one app that is being loaded onto many people's home screens: it's the NHS App. Downloaded by 10.4 million people and used pre-pandemic to book GP appointments and access medical records, in recent months it has become the de facto digital passport to freedom, containing evidence of a person's vaccination status, called the NHS Covid Pass.
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