England’s Test & Trace system had its busiest ever week at the end of October but reached a smaller proportion of at-risk people than at any point since it started. The contact-tracing programme, which phones, texts and emails people who have been close to someone who later tested positive for Covid-19, failed to get hold … Read more
The ‘rule of six’ and 10pm curfew have likely had ‘zero effect’ in reducing the spread of Covid-19, research has suggested. Researchers at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) are the first to assess whether or not the controversial measures — first introduced in September — have had any effect. They interviewed … Read more
The Government’s Test and Trace system has failed to reach nearly a quarter of a million close contacts of people who have tested positive for coronavirus, new analysis has found. Private firms Serco and Sitel failed to get in touch with 245,481 contacts in England either online or from call centres over four months – … Read more
Britain’s Test and Trace system is being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus infections after it only reached 63 per cent of close contacts of people who had tested positive for the virus, the lowest weekly percentage ever recorded. Damning figures published by the Department for Health show the beleaguered system failed to speak to … Read more
Britain’s beleaguered Test and Trace system is performing worse than ever, official data today revealed. Nearly 32,000 contacts of coronavirus-infected patients in England were not tracked down in the last week of September. This is the equivalent of 32 per cent of all 100,000 contacts the service tried to reach. And a further 17,000 contacts … Read more
Matt Hancock warns cancer patients will only be treated if Covid-19 stays ‘under control’ – as he is savaged for ‘having no idea how many infected people are walking around’ after testing shambles saw 16.000 cases MISSED By Luke Andrews For Mailonline Published: 13:02 BST, 6 October 2020 | Updated: 13:19 BST, 6 October 2020 … Read more
A Oxford professor has urged universities in the UK to follow Sweden and pay infected freshers to trace their contacts as at least 32 report Covid cases. Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University told the Times newspaper the Government had helped every sector but had ‘clamped down’ on students. The professor said … Read more
The coronavirus cluster linked to The Masked Singer reached 16 confirmed cases last week. But a new report claims Channel Ten producers have quietly identified a 17th case among the cast, prompting speculation that it could be one of the masked celebrities. On Monday, The Australian reported that the 17th case is likely the mystery female performer … Read more
Residents in Melbourne are refusing to tell health officials who their close contacts are despite a huge surge in coronavirus cases. Those living in the west and north western suburbs have hampered contact tracing by not sharing information about where they have been and who their close contacts are. Some people have been told they … Read more
Social bubbles – made up of friends and family – may be the best way to keep coronavirus contained when lockdown is lifted, study shows. Researchers from the University of Oxford created a series of models to discover the best measures governments could use in order to keep the infection rate flat. Strict social distancing … Read more