Health
Contact tracers are reaching less than half of Covid contacts in Peterborough – Peterborough Telegraph
Worryingly, less than half of the close contacts of people with coronavirus in Peterborough are being reached through the test and trace regime, figures suggest.
Signs for a coronavirus testing station. Photo: PA EMN-200923-172451001
The Government has faced mounting pressure over failings in the NHS Test and Trace system from health chiefs, local and national politicians and business leaders. It has recently seen up to four times the number of people trying to book a test as the number of tests available.
It comes amid rapidly rising case numbers, which could result in 50,000 new cases every day by mid-October unless the current rate of infection is c…
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