UK test and tracking system helps monitor spread of coronavirus (File)
London:
The number of positive COVID-19 cases reached by England’s test and trace system during its first two weeks of operation was 87,639, the British Department of Health announced on Thursday.
The government’s test and traceability system is considered essential to help monitor the spread of the new coronavirus and facilitate lock-out measures.
It was defended as “fit for use” by program manager Dido Harding, although she admitted it was not completely perfect.
The Department of Health reported that 5,949 people tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) had their cases transferred to the contact tracing system during its second week of operation.
He said 44,895 contacts had been identified. Among the people identified during the second week, 40,690 people, or 90.6%, were reached and advised to self-isolate.
The previous week’s figures have been revised upward, in part due to an audit by Public Health England.
In total, since the program’s launch on May 28, 14,085 people tested positive for the coronavirus have had their cases transferred to the contact tracing system, of which 72.6% have been reached.
During the first two weeks of operation, 87,639 people were identified as close contacts and contacted through the contact search system out of 96,746 reported contacts.
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