LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Mr Boris Johnson stuck by his assertion that the UK's coronavirus tracing system is 'world-beating,' even as data showed that it is failing to contact more than a fifth of the people it's trying to reach.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Mr Boris Johnson stuck by his assertion that the UK's coronavirus tracing system is"world-beating," even as data showed that it is failing to contact more than a fifth of the people it's trying to reach.
Those who were reached identified a total of 19,150 people with whom they'd been in close contact, but the system was only able to speak to 72 per cent of those to tell them they needed to isolate. "If you look at what we are doing, actually I think it certainly does fit that description of 'world-beating,'" he said.
According to figures compiled by Our World In Data, the UK is carrying out 2 tests daily per 1,000 people. European countries performing more are Luxembourg, Denmark, Malta and Iceland.
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