Test and trace fails to contact 110,000 in English Covid hot spots

Exclusive: Private firms reach 58% of close contacts in 20 worst-hit areas in second wave

The government’s £22bn test-and-trace system has failed to reach more than 100,000 people exposed to coronavirus in England’s worst-hit areas since the second wave began, official figures show, with four in 10 not asked to self-isolate.

A Guardian analysis found that the privately run arm of the test-and-trace programme had reached 58% of the close contacts of infected people in the country’s 20 worst-hit areas since 9 September, having barely improved since its launch.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/35ZM7uV

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