Health minister Edward Argar insisted it was a "successful system" and would be strengthened by giving more powers to local public health teams.
The plans mean people who have been in contact with confirmed coronavirus cases may get a knock on their door if tracers cannot reach them on the phone. BBC News
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- Coronavirus: Contact tracers to be reduced by 6,000 in England BBC News
- Coronavirus: Little evidence of Covid transmission in schools, says Williamson BBC News
- Coronavirus: Is the world winning the pandemic fight? BBC News
- Coronavirus: Randox recalls up to 750,000 test kits over safety concerns BBC News
- Coronavirus: NHS England scales back private sector deal BBC News
- Is it ethical to infect volunteers with Covid-19 to test a vaccine? The Daily Mail
- UK's coronavirus death toll could have topped 100,000 if we didn't stay at home, study suggests The Daily Mail
- Dominic Cummings' 260 mile trip to County Durham eroded public trust, study shows The Daily Mail
- Russia approves world's first Covid-19 vaccine The Daily Telegraph
- Anti-mask activists storm London supermarket demanding shoppers resist 'new world order' The Daily Telegraph
- Shutdown of NHS in second wave risks thousands of deaths, doctors warn The Daily Telegraph
- Rise in UK Covid cases above 1,000 a day breached government target The Guardian
- The Covid long haul: why are some patients not getting better? The Guardian
- Fifty million face masks bought by government cannot be used by NHS The Guardian
- Coronavirus: just 10 enforcement orders issued for breach of UK quarantine rules The Guardian
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