After people working for England’s test-and-trace system told the Guardian they were making a handful of calls a month, John Crace imagines the secret diary of a contact tracer29th May: An email arrives. “Dear Sir, I am delighted to offer you a job as one of the UK’s ‘world-beating’ test and tracers. It will be tough, skilled work, involving dozens of phone calls each day, and your training will begin tomorrow. Times were tense on the Shapps' family holiday, then the Spanish PM rang... | John Crace Read more24th July: Am given a number to ring by one of the other test and tracers. 1st August: Receive a message from Boris Johnson saying all those working from home should now be working in the office.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2020 17:25 UTC