‘A woman from a big household who tested POSITIVE for coronavirus told me to hurry up as she needed to go to work’: Frontline test and trace worker reveals one mother’s troubling approach to self-isolation An NHS caseworker describes how the system continues to face problems In the third week they have rarely experienced such … Read more
Almost 90,000 people have been told to self-isolate in first two weeks of NHS test and trace scheme – as data shows 25% of coronavirus-infected Britons STILL aren’t being tracked down Around 87,000 contacts were identified from a total of 14,045 Covid-19 patients Contact tracers have had to phone an average of two people per … Read more
Britain’s test and trace fiasco deepened again today after damning figures showed Number 10’s flagship system has only tracked down the contacts of two thirds of Covid-19 patients. Between May 28 and June 3, 8,117 people who tested positive for the coronavirus were referred to the NHS’s flagship scheme. But shocking statistics show contact tracers … Read more
Scammers began capitalising on coronavirus to con victims out of cash almost as soon as the disease started spreading worldwide. Fraudsters have been knocking on our doors, infiltrating our email inboxes and telephoning us in our homes — using the fear and confusion to steal from us. But today Money Mail can expose how a … Read more
A SAGE scientist today criticised the Government’s decision to leave out the word ‘isolate’ from its coronavirus Test and Trace programme, claiming it will lead to less compliance. Professor Susan Michie, a psychologist at University College London, said isolating cases was the most vital part of the system and not including it in the title … Read more
A SAGE scientist today criticised the Government’s decision to leave out the word ‘isolate’ from its coronavirus Test and Trace programme, claiming it will lead to less compliance. Professor Susan Michie, a psychologist at University College London, said isolating cases was the most vital part of the system and not including it in the title … Read more
‘Hundreds’ of NHS Test and Trace staff are being let go after being left with nothing to do Allegedly hundreds of staff with nothing to do are being let go after only a week Call-handlers have been earning up to £27-a-day but many have made no calls The Test and Trace app may not work … Read more
This might sound strange but I’m passionate about contact tracing. And I’m in this for the long haul. I firmly believe that I have the skills to make a difference. But so far, at least, the test and trace system is experiencing teething trouble. A friend and colleague described the ‘terror and boredom’ of our role. … Read more
Britons diagnosed with coronavirus are handing over fewer than two close contacts to the Governments’ track and tracers, raising doubts about whether the system is fit for purpose. A leaked document revealed that just 10,000 close contacts were handed over by 8,000 people who were diagnosed with coronavirus in England last week. Experts said today the … Read more
Tracee Ellis Ross admits she was ‘so shy, and so afraid’ of singing in public when she was a girl that she went to the headmistress’s office at her Swiss boarding school and begged to be excused from performing in a play. ‘I said I thought it was unfair I was being asked to sing,’ … Read more