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Coronavirus Test and Trace slips backwards as a quarter of contacts fail to isolate – Mirror Online
NHS chiefs are launching a new testing drive after just 75% close contacts were tracked down last week – despite millions being told to ‘unshield’ and return to work from this Saturday
The NHS Test and Trace system has slipped backwards after a quarter of coronavirus sufferers’ “close contacts” failed to isolate last week.
The vast contact-tracing system tracked down 82% of the people who tested positive for Covid-19 in England in the week to July 22, a rise from 80.5%.
But only 75% of their close contacts were reached and told to self-isolate for 14 days – a fall from 78% the week before.
That is the fourth-lowest weekly percentage of contacts who were successfully traced…
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