Number 10's 'ad hoc' Covid-19 test, track and trace scheme relies too heavily on private companies and will have missed thousands of cases, leading doctors fear. The trio called for Public Health England - which has faced a barrage of criticism for its handling of the outbreak - to be stripped of control over regional organisations. Today's update revealed that a total of 134,893 people - people who have tested positive, and their contacts - have been in touch with NHS Test and Trace in three weeks. It today emerged that a quarter of all 21,000 people referred to NHS Test and Trace have not successfully been reached by contact tracers. But they argued that the system — which involves GPs, the NHS and local public health officers — has 'gradually been eroded over several decades'.

Source: Daily Mail June 25, 2020 23:01 UTC