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And so it goes on ... a failure in Test and Trace.

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PippaZ Thu 20-May-21 13:20:49

I don't disagree that wonderful things are being done but Serco Test and Trace has had questions to answer from the beginning.

I also object to the attempts that were made to blame people in the high level areas for so-called vaccine hesitancy which, it turns out, was just one more deflection. If they had this information locally without any delay they may not have got ill in the first place.

This has left the local authorities with one hand tied behind their backs add to that all the mixed messages about travel and we are open to another dreadful surge.

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rosie1959 Thu 20-May-21 12:50:43

This time last year we were doing around 2k tests a day They are now processing in excess of 650,000 test a day. Now taking into account human error and the odd computer cock up you are bound to get mistakes
We have a genome sequencing which is probably the best in the world
We also have an amazing vaccine roll out
So yes there may be errors

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PippaZ Thu 20-May-21 12:31:16

Failures in England's test-and-trace system are partly responsible for a surge in the Indian variant in one of the worst affected parts of the country, a report seen by the BBC says.

For three weeks in April and May, eight local authorities in England did not have access to the full data on positive tests in their area.

The number of missing cases was highest in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire.

A recent surge in infections there has been linked to the Indian variant.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57186059

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