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Test and Trace was doomed right from the start

NHS Test and Trace was doomed from the start

24 October 2020

9:00 AM

24 October 2020

9:00 AM

The NHS Test, Trace and Isolate programme — which was meant to be one of our main weapons in the fight against a second Covid-19 peak — has not had a good few weeks. First, when schools went back last month, an inevitable rush for tests was not met with sufficient supply.

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