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The software glitch is the latest in a long line of tech issues to have affected the UK contact tracing app. 

Global health leaders debated over the role and potential contribution of technologies in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak during a panel discussion entitled: ‘How can digital tools help tackle a pandemic?’ at the Barcelona Health Summit, which was held last week (29 October 2020).

Also, Swiss medtech company launches COVID-19 antibody test.

HealthcareITNews takes this month to celebrate the contributions from digital tech leaders across the UK and Europe, while also reflecting on why black patients are more likely than white patients to use digital health tech 

New research released by vHealth shows that residents in the Gulf country are embracing telemedicine, with the company reporting a 500% increase in the use of its telehealth app between March and September 2020, compared to the same period last year.

As Black History Month comes to close, will this mean that the achievements and contribution of Black people in the UK and the need to take action will be packed away for another year, asks Dr Shera Chok, co-founder of the Shuri Network.

Newly released documents show that the consultancy will be paid nearly £1m for the work.

The partnership will explore the creation of an AI capability platform.

French health officials have called it an "enriched" version of the previous app, StopCovid.