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Coronavirus: Inside test-and-trace – how the ‘world beater’ went wrong – BBC News
BBC News spoke to key government figures, scientists and health officials involved from the start.
By Nick Triggle, Rachel Schraer and Phil KempBBC News
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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.
But the government said…
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