Test and Trace boss Dido Harding, Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock today defended the Government’s ‘essential’ contact-tracing system after a damning report claimed it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the Covid crisis. The trio joined Transport Secretary Grant Shapps in justifying the £22billion Test and Trace programme. The comments came after the Commons Public Accounts Committee said … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more
There is ‘no clear evidence’ Britain’s £22 billion Test and Trace scheme contributed to a reduction in coronavirus infection levels, a cross-party group of MPs have said. On Wednesday, the British parliament’s Public Accounts Committee decried the ‘unimaginable’ costs of the programme, saying the system has not yet proven its worth as there is little evidence of … Read more
Test and Trace is missing a third of people who may be infected with coronavirus in parts of England, according to official data which highlights a disparity in the £22billion programme. Statistics released by the Department of Health show a North-South divide has emerged in the success of the scheme, which experts say is crucial … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted it did not perform contact tracing on flights that some of the earliest patients with the UK and Brazil coronavirus variants were on. In one weekly report, the federal health agency discussed a patient who traveled to the UK and came back infected with the … Read more
Serco fights back over Test & Trace farce: Boss Rupert Soamesdefends plans to pay dividend claiming firm has been ‘demonised’ By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 Serco’s boss launched a vigorous defence of the NHS Test & Trace system as the … Read more
Serco is not among Britain’s best-loved companies, in spite of the mammoth effort by Rupert Soames to restore its standing. The outsourcer’s reputation was badly scorched in 2019 when it paid £23million to the Serious Fraud Office as part settlement over cheating on its electronic tagging contracts. For all its faults, though, it does not … Read more
The Border Force chief who was last night accused of causing huge delays at Heathrow Airport by splitting the workforce into ‘rigid and inflexible’ bubbles has landed a senior role with NHS Test and Trace. It is understood that Chief Operating Officer Emma Moore instructed Border Force agents to work in 12-person bubbles at the West … Read more
The number of people who tested positive for Covid through NHS Test and Trace in England fell by a quarter last week, official figures revealed today. Around 149,000 people referred to the scheme were diagnosed with the disease in the week up to February 3 —down 24 per cent on the previous week. It is … Read more
Covid cases in England have plummeted by 41 per cent in the last fortnight, according to Test and Trace figures as pressure on NHS intensive care units has started to ease for the first time since the second wave took off. The contact tracing programme reported 196,257 positive tests in the week up to January 27, down … Read more