A Test and Trace worker who knocked on a model’s door to make sure she was isolating at home later sent her a flirty text asking if he could keep her number. Charlotte Roffey, 27, was left scared in her own home after the government employee accessed her details to ask if she was single. … Read more
Police launch urgent appeal to trace ex-Leeds United waitress, 26, who has gone missing with her son, three, after last being seen leaving their home in Yorkshire with suitcases Holly Groundwell, 26, was last seen with her little boy two days ago in Leeds Police believe she may have now travelled 220 miles away to … Read more
New Test and Trace rules forcing every pub-goer in a group to sign in when entering have been blasted by trade bodies. The rules force all over-16s to check in to the NHS Test and Trace app or give their details to staff before going into pubs, cafés or restaurants when they reopen on April … Read more
No10 today leapt to the defence of Test and Trace after another study poked holes in the flawed £37billion system. Apprenticeships and Skills minister Gillian Keegan admitted the programme was ‘not perfect’ and relied on people ‘doing the right thing’. But she dismissed criticisms of the contact-tracing regime, arguing it was ‘certainly a very effective system’ … Read more
Just one in five with Covid symptoms ask for a test and more than half fail to self-isolate, study suggests Only 52% could identify coronavirus symptoms of cough, fever and loss of smell Scientists found 18% of those with symptoms had requested a test Only 43% of people with symptoms followed full self-isolation guidelines By … Read more
Covid cases in England fell by 6% last week despite 400,000 extra tests being carried out, Test and Trace data reveals Coronavirus testing in England surged by 7% last week as millions of children were swabbed at school Covid cases continued to plummet for the tenth week in a row to the lowest seen since … Read more
Covid cases fell by 14% in England last week to 39,000 even though number of swabs carried out almost DOUBLED to 5.8million, Test and Trace figures show Data for the week ending March 10 show the number of positive Covid cases tested in England fall to 39,118 The decline came despite the number of tests … Read more
Up to 8,000 contact tracers are to be axed by Test and Trace because there are too few coronavirus cases being transferred to the system. The cut was revealed in a leaked internal email sent to the 22,000-strong workforce, which said the service needed to de-escalate from its winter high. Emma Moore, a senior T&T … Read more
As outsourcer is accused of bagging £37bn from controversial scheme to tackle Covid, Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace Jeremy Corbyn and leading Labour MPs wrongly suggested it had bagged £37billion from the scheme The outsourcing group has faced criticism over the controversial programme The firm said it had been awarded contracts … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more