Social bubbles – made up of friends and family – may be the best way to keep coronavirus contained when lockdown is lifted, study shows. Researchers from the University of Oxford created a series of models to discover the best measures governments could use in order to keep the infection rate flat. Strict social distancing … Read more
The NHS’ flagship test and trace system tracked down less than half of positive patients’ ‘contacts’ in the first three days of its launch, figures suggested last night. A leaked report claimed that virus sufferers had provided details of 4,634 people they might have infected, of whom just 1,749 were texted or emailed. The Department … Read more
You will NEVER know who got you locked up under Test and Trace system: Fears secrecy could leave programme at risk of pranks or people maliciously naming someone they have not even seen NHS Test and Trace launched yesterday in bid to stop spread of coronavirus Contacts of people who test positive will be told … Read more
A desperate hunt is underway for an unknown coronavirus spreader in Surrey who gave the deadly illness to the UK’s 20th victim and the first Briton to catch it in the country – amid fears of an explosion of cases in the county. The victim, revealed last night, is understood to be a man who … Read more