Millions of elderly Britons without smartphones 'risk becoming second-class citizens'

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Millions of elderly Britons without smartphones 'risk becoming second-class citizens' because they can't use NHS coronavirus tracing app, campaigners warn

Ministers will this week set out the details of how the new contact-tracing app

Campaigners representing older people last warned they may be excluded

Ministers have been asked to look at alternatives including bracelets

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By John Stevens and Lizzie Deane For The Daily Mail

Published: 19:33 EDT, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 19:49 EDT, 17 May 2020

Millions of Britons without smartphones risk being treated as second-class citizens because they won't be able to use an app to limit the spread of coronavirus, campaigners warn.

Ministers will this week set out the details of how the new contact-tracing app will be deployed nationwide as part of their 'test, track and trace' strategy.

But campaigners representing older people last night urged the Government to take steps to include those without the latest technology.

Britons will be encouraged to download the NHS app, currently being ..

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