Coronavirus: Does the UK have pandemic under control?
Where local outbreaks happen - and they certainly will - the ability of the test and trace systems to get a handle on the spread of infections will be crucial.
Even Baroness Harding, the head of the service in England, admits it is not yet"gold standard" - for one thing the contact tracing app that complements the contact tracers is not ready and won't be for months.Contact tracing has already been put to the testThese systems are only a few weeks old, but have already been busy, tracing nearly 90,000 contacts in England alone.
Hundreds of staff at the factory are being tested - and only those who are negative are being allowed back as it reopens. Close contacts of those who have tested positive have been asked to isolate.
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