Leeds news LIVE: Health Secretary Matt Hancock urges people to download NHS coronavirus app to 'make the country a safer place'

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A screenshot of the coronavirus contact tracing app which is launching across England and Wales in what the Health Secretary has called "an important step forward" in our fight against the "invisible killer" (photo: PA).placeholder image
A screenshot of the coronavirus contact tracing app which is launching across England and Wales in what the Health Secretary has called "an important step forward" in our fight against the "invisible killer" (photo: PA).
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