Coronavirus live news: daily testing for Covid contacts could replace self-isolation in England

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Latest updates: pilot scheme could see end of people having to self-isolate if they had contact with someone with Covid

Surge testing will begin in parts of east London after several cases of the South African and Brazilian variants of coronavirus were detected, according to the Department of Health. NHS test and trace will be working with the council in Tower Hamlets to provide extra testing in the E1 postcode from Sunday, along with genome sequencing, which helps establish the variant that someone has been infected with.

 

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It’s not free testing, it’s tax payer funded testing

You are in charge of a Test and Trace system and discover people aren't isolating as they should. Do you... A. Find out what is preventing them and provide relevant support. B. Say 'fuck it' and throw them some of the LFT tests you over ordered. letthebodiespilehigh

This reeks of another deadly Boris Johnson experiment. Where is the demonstrated evidence that this latest Tory sabotage of COVID protection is actually effective? What is the sensitivity/specificity of the tests? Where is the evidence that England has functioning test/ trace?

Perhaps, we can use testing to expose the cover up of plague proportions in South London. Deflecting attention to Yorkshire Snooker venues or Liverpool raves, can't hide the fact that the contagious South African variant is now rife in South London. Metropolitan Lockdown imminent

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