UK's local health officials 'left in the dark' on Covid-19 spread

Investigation: Public health directors tell Shaun Lintern they aren’t being given the information needed to fight Covid-19 on the frontline

“To make a difference to second-wave mortality we need scenario and action planning now. In the 1918 flu pandemic, many areas had higher mortality in the second wave than in the first.”: “The most useful thing testing gives you is contact tracing and the ability to follow through the chain of transmission. If you’re going to do that you’ve got to doing things within 48 hours. That tells you your timeframe.

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