Test and Trace Application 2020-06-11
2020-06-11
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The NHS test and trace app is undergoing trials on the Isle of Wight despite criticisms over its effectiveness and delays in implementation.
It's been a shambles, hasn't it? Announced in May, hiring paused in mid-May, targets missed, tracers reporting that they have been paid to sit at home and watch television as there is no work for them—and now, changes to the app are being considered and it is not going to be working properly until the autumn. Does the Minister stand by his fulsome praise of the Health Secretary or agree with scientists who said only days ago that the Government's whole test-and-trace strategy is simply not fit for purpose?
Well, I think it is fit for purpose—not just that but it is an effective way of ensuring that we can work together in order to contain the virus. The hon. Lady says from a sedentary position that the scientists are wrong. I disagree with her; I think the scientists are right.
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