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    Outsourcing of test and trace fails Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on November 21, 2020, 5:22 pm

    Just half of close contacts given to England's NHS Test and Trace are being reached in some areas, a BBC investigation has found.

    Six months after Boris Johnson promised a "world beating" system, it can be shown the network is failing in areas with some of the worst infection rates.

    The research also found no-one from NHS labs was at a key government meeting with private firms about testing.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55008133

    See all the names in the graphic.

    But the government said the system was "undoubtedly" curbing Covid spreading.

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