Thousands of infected people, along with thousands of their close contacts, could not be traced
The government’s track and trace system failed to reach 30% of people who tested positive for6,129 positive cases were transferred to the service between June 11 and 17, but only 70% provided details of who they had been in contact with and could have possibly passed the virus onto – down from 75.2% for the previous week.
The number of patients who were not reached includes people who did not respond to text, email and call reminders. It also includes people who were reached but declined to give details of close contacts.A small fraction, could not be reached because no communication details were left for them.
Professor of Infectious Diseases at University of Nottingham, Keith Neal, said this was ‘not a bad figure’ but said it was worrying that one in four people with the virus could not be contacted. He said: ‘There are number of issues currently with the system – these can only be sorted by members of the public as it requires individuals to take the appropriate actions to reduce spread.
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