Test and Trace is still missing four in ten close contacts as number of people notified continues to fall since its launch in May 60.5% of close contacts of people who tested positive in England told to isolate in week ending November 11 It is the fifth week in a row that the figure has … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover orders staff to turn OFF Test & Trace app to stop them having to isolate ‘unnecessarily’ Halewood factory staff told to pause Test and Trace app to stop ‘false positives’ The company has had a number of Covid outbreaks, most recently in September Advice to staff follows Test and Trace app guidance … Read more
Deenan Pillay’s patience finally snapped as he watched television in his north London home. And it was Matt Hancock who did it. As Britain struggled to cope with the Covid pandemic, the Professor of Virology at University College London, became increasingly frustrated that the country’s medical expertise was being sidelined. When he heard the Health Secretary … Read more
The bungling NHS Test and Trace system was hit by ‘huge IT problems’ in October that led to delays in squashing coronavirus outbreaks in care homes, it’s been claimed. Leaked NHS emails reveal an IT failure occurred in mid-October at a crucial point of the second wave of the pandemic, when infections were rising across … Read more
The Government’s Test and Trace hotline misses 25,000 calls every day with nearly half of people wanting a Covid-19 test going unanswered. Around 1.68million calls were made to the 119 service in September but only 56 per cent were picked up, according to figures obtained by the Labour Party. The statistics show that 44 per … Read more
Boris Johnson was urged to make a fully functioning test and trace system his Government‘s ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in the summer in an extra-ordinary intervention by his predecessors in Number 10. Former chancellor George Osborne has revealed that Conservatives David Cameron and Sir John Major and the Labour former prime ministers Gordon Brown and … Read more
Test and Trace boss Baroness Dido Harding claims it is ‘not my job’ to predict when the system will get overloaded and claims she didn’t foresee new school year crippling the struggling regime By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:36 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 14:12 GMT, 10 November 2020 England’s … Read more
Ex-PMs Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, John Major and David Cameron joined together MONTHS ago to tell Boris Johnson to make test and trace his ‘number one overwhelming priority’ in order to beat coronavirus Former chancellor George Osborne revealed the letter was sent to PM in July It was signed by David Cameron, John Major, Tony … Read more
The MP husband of Test and Trace chief Baroness Dido Harding has been told to self-isolate by the coronavirus app – though she has not been asked to. Tory MP John Penrose was alerted by the NHS Covid-19 app, part of the operation overseen by his wife. However, Baroness Harding has not received an alert … Read more
Scientist warns ‘lockdown will be a let down’ unless there is ‘radical reform’ of Test and Trace with contract tracing carried out locally Sir John Oldham made the claim after national tracing programme hit a new low Just 59.9% of close contacts of those testing positive were reached last week Bungling test and trace system … Read more