England Covid cases error: unknown how many contacts not traced, says minister

‘Shambolic’ failure resulted in 15,841 cases not reported for over a weekCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government is unaware of how many potentially infectious contacts of coronavirus patients were not traced after it was revealed that nearly 16,000 Covid cases went unreported in England, a minister has said.“I’m afraid I just don’t have that information,” Thérèse Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, told BBC1’s Breakfast programme. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/05/england-covid-cases-error-unknown-how-many-contacts-not-traced-says-minister #coronavirus_outbreak #uk_news #thérèse_coffey #infectious_diseases #politics #health