Coronavirus: Is the UK in a better position than we think?

Coronavirus: Is the UK in a better position than we think? Another day, another worrying coronavirus headline.

On Tuesday it was reported the UK's testing and tracing system was not good enough to prevent a second wave once schools reopen.

It came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last week the brakes were being applied on the lifting of further restrictions.

And that was off the back of the announcement that parts of northern England were to have some of the lockdown restrictions reimposed on them.

The problem, ministers and their advisers warned, was that infections were on the rise. BBC News

See also:

• Schools 'must come before pubs and restaurants in future' BBC News
• Ministers admit struggling Covid contact tracing system MUST improve The Daily Mail
  
• Covid-19 survivors should be exempt from having to self-isolate, government scientific advisers say The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus England: Interactive map shows worst-hit areas The Daily Mail
• Why is the government buying Covid tests without evidence they work? The Guardian
• English councils with highest Covid rates launch own test-and-trace systems The Guardian
• Four key failings of England's Covid-19 test-and-trace system The Guardian
• Lack of special border measures before UK coronavirus lockdown was 'serious mistake' The Guardian
• Coronavirus: Leaked data reveals tens of thousands of NHS patients waiting a year for treatment The Independent
• NHS doctors demand guarantees that PPE failings will not be repeated if a second wave hits iNews