Recruit volunteer army to trace Covid-19 contacts now, urge top scientists
Ministers must take steps to track down possible infections, says new grouping of health experts
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Ministers must recruit an army of “contact tracing” volunteers to warn people who mayhave been infected by a Covid-19 sufferer, say public health experts.
More than 50 leading scientists say health secretary Matt Hancock’s plans to introduce 100,000 tests a day by the end of April will only solve part of the problem of establishing how far the virus has spread.
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