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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 55/ No words.
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 56/ Government silence on credit firm involved in coronavirus testing
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 57/ What a mess.

How the government’s testing regime broke all the rules.
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 58/ No symptoms in 80% of positive #coronavirusuk tests bbc.co.uk/news/health-53…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 59/ #coronavirus testing FALLS dramatically #outsourcing£££££
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 60/ This is a never ending thread... now 60 tweets on the shambles of #TestandTrace

https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1281655017263575042?s=21

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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 61/ bylinetimes.com/2020/07/15/sag…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 62/ Randox, advised by Owen Patterson, awarded #COVID19 testing contract unopposed...

Latest update: NHS Test and Trace are requesting that all settings pause the use of Randox test kits with immediate effect and until further notice.
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 63/ BBC News - Coronavirus: England's test and trace programme 'breaks GDPR data law' bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk Tweet number 64/ in the #TestandTrace thread...

Serco is subcontracting almost all of its Covid tracing work after winning a £45m government deal huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/private-…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 65/ Thanks to outsourcing, England's test and trace system is in chaos theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 66/ The Government have abandoned their Care home testing pledge! 😡😡😡 #coronavirus
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @dhsc @PHE_uk 67/ England’s contact tracers 'making handful of calls' a month, occupying their time with quizzes and barbecues...
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 68/ Up to 750,000 coronavirus test kits recalled over safety concerns independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 69/ Local contact tracing team is reaching 90% of people that the government’s national system was missing independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… #testandtrace #coronavirusuk #COVID

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 70/ Government removes 1.3m coronavirus tests from daily data after their double counting error. independent.co.uk/news/health/co…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 72/ #TestandTrace has worst week since launch with 30% of close contacts missed.
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@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 73/ People from Reading told to take ferry to get #coronavirus drive-through test getreading.co.uk/news/reading-b…