Banner alert stopping launching apps from home screen

Whenever a banner alert appears from my home screen, it prevents me from going to open a different app. This is happened when using WhatsApp so I don't know if it's a third-party issue.
For example the banner alert is from WhatsApp, but I can't tap on the app itself, I have to tap on the banner alert. I try tapping on different apps and it won't let me.

You should tap on the banner and it will open the app. If you wait a moment, the banner will disappear, unless you have it set to Alert, which will require you to tap on the alert before you can do anything else. You might want to take a look at the User Guide, http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf or this support document. iOS: Understanding notifications

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