Test and Trace

Additional coronavirus testing is being rolled out in parts of east and west London (PA)

Surge testing in Ealing and Redbridge aims to suppress South African variant

February 25, 2021

(Aaron Chown/PA)

Surge testing in Ealing after South African variant detected

February 25, 2021

Serco enjoyed a boost in sales and profits from the Test and Trace contact wins (Peter Byrne/PA)

Serco reveals £400m boost from Covid contracts and restarts dividend

February 25, 2021

Baroness Dido Harding (House of Commons/PA)

20,000 people a day ignoring Test and Trace instructions to self-isolate

February 3, 2021

Coronavirus-related deaths exceeded 100,000 in the UK in less than a year (Jacob King/PA)

How the UK went from one Covid-19 death to more than 100,000 in a year

February 1, 2021

Baroness Dido Harding gives evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (Commons/PA)

NHS Test and Trace boss defends paying £1,000 on average per day to consultants

January 18, 2021

Royal Mail has appointed Test and Trace app boss Simon Thompson as its new chief executive (Chris Radburn/PA)

Royal Mail names NHS Test and Trace app boss Thompson as next chief executive

January 11, 2021

The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in England has reached a new record high (Yui Mok/PA)

People testing positive for Covid-19 in England at record high

December 31, 2020

Serco, which runs parts of the Test and Trace service testing centres, has said it will hand back furlough money (Danny Lawson/PA)

Serco postpones dividend payment and returns furlough cash

December 17, 2020

Students get a Covid-19 test at a mass testing centre set up at the sports centre at St Andrews University, ahead of the Christmas holiday (Jane Barlow/PA)

Financial watchdogs criticise Government’s handling of Test and Trace

December 11, 2020

Patient samples are transferred by scientists into plates before entering the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) process for Covid-19 testing at the Glasgow Lighthouse coronavirus testing facility.

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November 15, 2020