Northamptonshire will be one of the first areas in the country to take on local contact tracing as health chiefs battle Covid-19 outbreaks in the area

Northamptonshire will be one of the first areas in the country to take on local contact tracing as health chiefs battle Covid-19 outbreaks in the area Northamptonshire County Council’s Public Health team are set to be amongst the first areas in the country to take on local contact tracing responsibilities when it launches today (Wednesday).

Luton, Leicester and Blackburn are already successfully carrying out local contact tracing measures and Northamptonshire proactively sought to take on this responsibility in response to a recent increase in cases to ensure as many COVID-19 cases are followed up as possible. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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• Corby warehouse staff sent for Covid test after worker contracts virus Northamptonshire Telegraph
• The student nurse who put her heartbreak aside to work on the Covid-19 frontline at KGH Northamptonshire Telegraph