Covid: Test and Trace failure helped Indian variant spread, report says

Covid: Test and Trace failure helped Indian variant spread, report says 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. BBC News

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