Claim: The £300m Track and Trace app has quietly been binned.
Fact-check: Viral Facebook post on cost of "binned" test and trace app is wrong - Full Fact
Verdict: a covid-19 track and trace app is on trial in great britain. the government trialled an app of its own design before changing track and using a google/apple designed system. the app had cost around £10.8m as of june.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2020-08-18T00:00:00