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What has gone wrong with England's Covid test-and-trace system?

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It was supposed to be ‘world beating’ but experts say it is having only a ‘marginal impact’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen the NHS test-and-trace system was launched in late May, Boris Johnson promised it would help “move the country forward”. We would be able to see our families, go to work and stop the economy crumbling.In the absence of a vaccine, the prime minister’s “world-beating” system would be worth every penny of the £10bn funding that Rishi Sunak announced in July. The chancellor said it would enable people to carry on normal lives. Continue reading...

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UK Covid testing cutoff quietly extended to eight days after first signs

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Covid-19: UK test and trace 'barely functional' as 11 million face lockdown

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