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British pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline tells staff to turn off contact-tracing app while at work – CNBC
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has told around 2,500 staff in Britain to turn off a Covid-19 contact-tracing app while at work.
LONDON U.K.-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has told around 2,500 staff in Britain to turn off a Covid-19 contact-tracing app while at work.
The pharmaceutical giant, which is working on a coronavirus vaccine, ordered employees at research and development labs and manufacturing facilities to switch off the Bluetooth contact-tracing feature that is built into the official Covid-19 app for England and Wales.
The news was first reported by The Guardian newspaper on Tuesday.
The app is seen…
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