False. This figure is the total budget for the first two years of the entire NHS Test and Trace programme. The NHS Covid-19 app itself is estimated to have cost £35 million in its first year. A post ...

The NHS test and trace system for Covid-19 is not expected to be “world class” until at least September, an executive of the scheme reportedly told staff. Chief operating officer Tony Prestedge ...

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Boris Johnson’s test-and-trace service has seen another fall in its contact-tracing rate as the number of people testing positive soared across England. The figures for the week of September 17 to ...

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LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock said that 'test and trace' can not control coronavirus in the way that an effective system of mass testing can, as he defended the ...

The NHS Test and Trace system has reached the lowest ever proportion of contacts of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in England. Four in 10 close contacts of people who tested positive are ...