UK's test and trace 'having marginal impact': which countries got it right?
by Peter Beaumont from Science | The Guardian on (#592EF)
Scientists' verdict on 12bn system has refocused attention on what is working elsewhere in cutting Covid-19 transmission rates
The newly released assessment by the UK government's scientific advisers that the 12bn test and trace programme is having a marginal impact" in reducing Covid-19 transmission has refocused attention on how other countries are faring with their regimes.
Since test-and-trace programmes were first mooted around the world at the outset of the pandemic - including monitoring via apps or hardware - they have been beset by issues of privacy and public support over both downloading and using apps and also with a wider willingness to abide by isolation measures.
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