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5.57pm BST

The Covid-19 incident linked to the Crown and Anchor pub in Stone has been stepped down, Staffordshire county council said.

There remain 22 confirmed cases, with 15 from Staffordshire and seven from Stoke-on-Trent, and more than 60 of their contacts have been identified and are self-isolating for 14 days.

By acting swiftly to test and trace people connected to the pub over the weekend of 17-18 July, we believe that we have been able to contain any further spread of the virus.

While we will continue to monitor the situation, and may still see a small number of cases in family members, we feel that we can step down the incident today.

5.55pm BST

The former government chief scientific adviser Sir David King, who now leads the Independent Sage group has called for the government's test and trace contract with Serco to be scrapped and for the funds to be used instead to support local systems based on existing Public Health England (PHE) infrastructures.

He said:

With the current test and trace contract up for renewal in the next two weeks the government has an opportunity to learn from their mistakes and move away from the current centralised system.

It is clear from the figures being shared that this approach is simply not fit for purpose, instead the government must re-direct these funds to support a localised system based on the existing PHE infrastructure, particularly our GPs - many of whom have been vocal in their lack of involvement to date.