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Under 60% of English COVID contacts reached in new record low - trace scheme

Thu, 22nd Oct 2020 11:34

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A record low 59.6% of contacts of
positive COVID cases were reached in the latest week, statistics
for England's Test and Trace scheme showed on Thursday, with
turnaround times for people receiving their results also getting
slower.

Between Oct. 8 and Oct. 14, 33.4% of in-person test results
were received the day after the test was taken, compared with
67.9% the week before.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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