GlaxoSmithKline asks staff to stop contact-tracing application at work
View of the headquarters of the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline in west London. Ben Stencil | AFP | Getty Images LONDON – UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has asked Britain to shut down the Covid-19 contact-tracing application when about 2,500 employees are at work. The pharmaceutical giant, which is working on …
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