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NHS contact-tracing app's self-isolation requests 'not legal requirement', says Matt Hancock
coronavirus are not subject to a 'legal requirement.' In an interview with Times Radio on Thursday, the Health Secretary appeared to confuse matters when he said: “If the app tells you to self-isolate, then you should self-isolate."But if an NHS Test and Trace contact tracer tells you, then you must by law.”Asked whether that was complicated to understand, he said: “Not really, it is really straightforward.”Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions herePushed on whether people could be told to self-isolate more than once by the app, Mr Hancock said: “If you didn’t have symptoms first time round then you’re just as