‘Hundreds’ of NHS Test and Trace staff are being let go after being left with nothing to do 

‘Hundreds’ of NHS Test and Trace staff are being let go after being left with nothing to do Allegedly hundreds of staff with nothing to do are being let go after only a week Call-handlers have been earning up to £27-a-day but many have made no calls The Test and Trace app may not work … Read more

‘Hundreds’ of NHS Test and Trace staff are being let go after being left with nothing to do 

‘Hundreds’ of NHS Test and Trace staff are being let go after being left with nothing to do Allegedly hundreds of staff with nothing to do are being let go after only a week Call-handlers have been earning up to £27-a-day but many have made no calls The Test and Trace app may not work … Read more

Test and trace volunteer is hampered by data protection rules

This might sound strange but I’m passionate about contact tracing. And I’m in this for the long haul. I firmly believe that I have the skills to make a difference. But so far, at least, the test and trace system is experiencing teething trouble. A friend and colleague described the ‘terror and boredom’ of our role. … Read more

HAMISH MCRAE: Quarantine does not pass the common sense test

HAMISH MCRAE: Quarantine does not pass the common sense test – the Government needs to listen to the travel and tourism industry By Hamish Mcrae For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 6 June 2020 Please, please, please can we have some common sense about travel. We … Read more

UK’s antibody testing fiasco exposed: PHE test misses a third of cases

Antibody tests being used by Public Health England could be missing a third of positive results, a study has shown as Britain’s coronavirus testing fiasco deepens. A company given £1million of Government funding in March has produced a test that doesn’t yet meet ‘challenging’ official standards. And the Department of Health has already cancelled orders … Read more

UK’s antibody testing fiasco exposed: PHE test misses a third of cases

Antibody tests being used by Public Health England could be missing a third of positive results, a study has shown as Britain’s coronavirus testing fiasco deepens. A company given £1million of Government funding in March has produced a test that doesn’t yet meet ‘challenging’ official standards. And the Department of Health has already cancelled orders … Read more

Twelve passengers from Qatar test positive for coronavirus upon arrival in Greece 

Greece has suspended all flights from Qatar after 12 passengers tested positive for coronavirus. Qatar Airways claimed the passengers who tested positive after landing in Athens on Monday were healthy when they left Doha five hours earlier. A dozen of the plane’s 91 passengers tested positive for the deadly virus – which has officially killed … Read more

Twelve passengers from Qatar test positive for coronavirus upon arrival in Greece 

Greece has suspended all flights from Qatar after 12 passengers tested positive for coronavirus. Qatar Airways claimed the passengers who tested positive after landing in Athens on Monday were healthy when they left Doha five hours earlier. A dozen of the plane’s 91 passengers tested positive for the deadly virus – which has officially killed … Read more

Columbia researchers develop one-step coronavirus test that can be run in 30 minutes 

Researchers at Columbia University in New York City say they have developed a new coronavirus test that will be able to deliver results in just 30 minutes. It will be significantly faster than tests available at other US hospitals and medical clinics, which take between two to seven days to confirm results. What’s more, the team … Read more

Government STILL doesn’t have figures for test and trace system

Public health chiefs today warned easing lockdown before NHS Test and Trace is running at ‘full speed’ could result in the UK ‘hitting the brakes’ too late to stop a second wave of coronavirus.  The Government’s test and trace system launched last week but it went live without the key NHSX contact tracing app while some … Read more