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# MP urges Lichfield and Burntwood residents to download new NHS coronavirus app
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/mp-urges-lichfield-and-burntwood-residents-to-download-new-nhs-coronavirus-app/
- Published: 2020-09-24T08:22:27.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-24T08:22:40.000Z
- Description: The MP for Lichfield and Burntwood has urged people to download a new app designed to help tackle the spread of coronavirus.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

The MP for Lichfield and Burntwood has urged people to download a new app designed to help tackle the spread of coronavirus.

![NHS COVID-19 app logo](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NHS-Covid.jpg)

The new NHS QR code app will allow people to check-in at certain business premises.

The data then allows easier tracing of people who have been in contact with those who test positive for COVID-19.

Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said it was crucial that people downloaded the app to help in the fight against coronavirus.

> “With COVID-19 spreading rapidly throughout the Midlands – including Lichfield and Burntwood – now is the time to download the app.  
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> “No personal data is stored centrally so ‘Big Brother’ won’t be able to track your movements.  
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> “But the app will tell you if you have been in close proximity to someone who has COVID-19 and will also provide other, more general information regarding regulations, what the level of infection is in your postcode area, and enable you to check-in easily to venues using the inbuilt QR code scanner.  
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> “With fines having been increased for not wearing a facemask and not self-isolating when required to do so, the app is particularly useful.”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP