Test and Trace worker knocked on model’s door to check she was isolating then sends her flirty text

A Test and Trace worker who knocked on a model’s door to make sure she was isolating at home later sent her a flirty text asking if he could keep her number.  Charlotte Roffey, 27, was left scared in her own home after the government employee accessed her details to ask if she was single.   … Read more

Police launch urgent appeal to trace ex-Leeds United waitress, 26, missing with her son, three

Police launch urgent appeal to trace ex-Leeds United waitress, 26, who has gone missing with her son, three, after last being seen leaving their home in Yorkshire with suitcases Holly Groundwell, 26, was last seen with her little boy two days ago in Leeds Police believe she may have now travelled 220 miles away to … Read more

Now ALL drinkers and diners must give Test and Trace details

Now ALL drinkers and diners must give Test and Trace details: Rules around visiting hospitality venues will be tightened so everyone must provide contact information… not just one person from each group  Everyone who visits a pub will have to provide details to test & trace scheme  Hospitality venues first ordered to start collecting customer … Read more

Covid-19 UK: Minister admits £37billion Test and Trace is ‘not perfect’

No10 today leapt to the defence of Test and Trace after another study poked holes in the flawed £37billion system.   Apprenticeships and Skills minister Gillian Keegan admitted the programme was ‘not perfect’ and relied on people ‘doing the right thing’. But she dismissed criticisms of the contact-tracing regime, arguing it was ‘certainly a very effective system’ … Read more

Covid-19 UK: Minister admits £37billion Test and Trace is ‘not perfect’

No10 today leapt to the defence of Test and Trace after another study poked holes in the flawed £37billion system.   Apprenticeships and Skills minister Gillian Keegan admitted the programme was ‘not perfect’ and relied on people ‘doing the right thing’. But she dismissed criticisms of the contact-tracing regime, arguing it was ‘certainly a very effective system’ … Read more

Just one in five with symptoms ask for screening: More fears over effectiveness of test and trace

Just one in five with Covid symptoms ask for a test and more than half fail to self-isolate, study suggests Only 52% could identify coronavirus symptoms of cough, fever and loss of smell   Scientists found 18% of those with symptoms had requested a test   Only 43% of people with symptoms followed full self-isolation guidelines   By … Read more

Covid cases in England fell by 6% last week, Test and Trace data reveals

Covid cases in England fell by 6% last week despite 400,000 extra tests being carried out, Test and Trace data reveals Coronavirus testing in England surged by 7% last week as millions of children were swabbed at school Covid cases continued to plummet for the tenth week in a row to the lowest seen since … Read more

Up to 8,000 contact tracers are to be axed by Test and Trace

Up to 8,000 contact tracers are to be axed by Test and Trace because there are too few coronavirus cases being transferred to the system. The cut was revealed in a leaked internal email sent to the 22,000-strong workforce, which said the service needed to de-escalate from its winter high. Emma Moore, a senior T&T … Read more

Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace

As outsourcer is accused of bagging £37bn from controversial scheme to tackle Covid, Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace Jeremy Corbyn and leading Labour MPs wrongly suggested it had bagged £37billion from the scheme  The outsourcing group has faced criticism over the controversial programme   The firm said it had been awarded contracts … Read more

Transport Secretary claims Covid would be a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without £22billion Test & Trace

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more