There was a testing system, a separate national tracing service and a smartphone app for digital contact tracing. These labs were operated by various firms and academic institutions, and overseen by the Department of Health, the health ministry. When the community testing data became available, a more worrying picture emerged, said Arooj Shah, deputy leader of Oldham Council. But, as COVID-19 cases started rising again, Meehan despaired. Most of the time, the contact tracers said they had little to do - even when COVID-19 cases were rising.

Source: bd News24 November 24, 2020 09:22 UTC