By LUKE ANDREWS FOR MAILONLINE Doubts have been raised once again over the Government’s £100billion ‘Operation Moonshot’ testing plan after one mass-screening programme was paused and then scaled back. Ministers had aimed to provide regular testing to all 254,000 residents in Salford, Greater Manchester, to allow them to lead ‘normal’ lives again without the need … Read more
Test & trace consultants are paid £7,360 a DAY: Fury as private sector company is handed cash equivalent of £1.5 million annual salary for coronavirus tracking Amount has been condemned as ‘disgraceful’ use of taxpayer cash in pandemic The £12bn scheme is seen as vital to the Government’s pandemic response Senior executives from Boston Consulting … Read more
Little Mix: The Search live shows are POSTPONED after ‘a small number’ of crew members test positive for COVID-19 By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 10:23 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 10:36 BST, 14 October 2020 Little Mix: The Search have been forced to postpone this weekend’s live shows after ‘a small number’ of … Read more
Nine out of 10 people taking coronavirus tests in England have to wait more than 24 hours for their result, despite Boris Johnson’s pledge to turn all swabs around within a day by the start of July. NHS Test & Trace data shows that in the last week of September more than 750,000 people had … Read more
NHS Test and Trace has slashed 2,000 contact tracer roles despite renewed pressure on the system from rising infections. The army of call centre contact tracers was quietly cut from 12,000 to 10,000 within the last few weeks, Whitehall sources confirmed. It comes amid fresh strain on the programme, seen as vital to the Government’s … Read more
Pupils at £42k a year Eton College are sent home to isolate after ‘a significant number’ of students test positive – prompting concerns from anxious parents that the move will ‘spread coronavirus across the country’ ‘Significant number’ of students at college, near Windsor, test positive for Covid School bosses have decided to send entire Year … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock was last night accused of breaking his own Covid curfew by drinking in a Commons bar beyond 10pm – where he made a crass joke about the Government’s test and trace failings. Mr Hancock arrived at the bar just before a 9.40pm vote, ordered a glass of white wine and announced: … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock was last night accused of breaking his own Covid curfew by drinking in a Commons bar beyond 10pm – where he made a crass joke about the Government’s test and trace failings. Mr Hancock arrived at the bar just before a 9.40pm vote, ordered a glass of white wine and announced: … Read more
Pupils at £42k a year Eton College are sent home to isolate after ‘a significant number’ of students test positive – prompting concerns from anxious parents that the move will ‘spread coronavirus across the country’ ‘Significant number’ of students at college, near Windsor, test positive for Covid School bosses have decided to send entire Year … Read more
Libby Watt was enjoying a lazy Saturday morning in front of the TV when a buzz on her phone alerted her to a message. Not giving the unfamiliar number a second thought, she opened it. But the content was more than surprising, given she is happily living with her long-term partner. It went something like … Read more