Thread by @secretspartacus

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 72/ #TestandTrace has worst week since launch with 30% of close contacts missed.
itv.com/news/2020-09-0…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 73/ People from Reading told to take ferry to get #coronavirus drive-through test getreading.co.uk/news/reading-b…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 74/ #testingshambles

https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/1303811342604939267

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 75/ for Number 75 in this #TestandTrace thread I will just direct you to the latest under the hashtag #testingshambles also see my timeline.

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 76/ 1,500 cars were turned away from #coronavirusuk sites across England on Tuesday alone. huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavi…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 77/ @BorisJohnson’s “world-beating” #COVID19 testing programme has a backlog of 185,000 swabs and is so overstretched that it is sending tests to laboratories in Italy and Germany! #testingshambles

thetimes.co.uk/article/leaked…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 78/ Lack of #Covid19 tests forcing NHS GPs and nurses to stay off work theguardian.com/world/2020/sep… #TestingScandal #testingshambles

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 79/ Tens of thousands wrongly given the all clear for #covid19 by Lighthouse Labs independent.co.uk/news/health/co… #testingshambles #TestAndTrace

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 80/ #TestAndTrace #testingshambles

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 81/ Coronavirus: Some users of #NHSCOVID19app incorrectly given #COVID19 exposure alerts
news.sky.com/story/coronavi… #TestAndTrace #testingshambles

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 82/ “The ongoing failure of #TestAndTrace is being turned into an opportunity for one of the companies engaged in it to profit”

Deloitte selling contact tracing services to local UK health officials theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/s… #testingshambles

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 83/ #TestAndTrace contact tracing rate drops again.

For the 14th week running, the figure is below the 80% that the government’s scientific advisers have said is needed
TO MAKE THE ENTIRE POLICY VIABLE #testingshambles

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nhs-test…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 84/ #Covid19UK testing cutoff quietly extended to eight days!

First is was you must get tested within 3 days, then 5, now 8?!! #testingshambles #TestAndTrace #borishasfailedtheuk
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 85/ UK COVID cases jump to 22,961 after glitch causes backlog.

15,000 test results had not been transferred into computer systems on time, including for contact tracers reut.rs/34E3csH

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 86/ Calls for Dido Harding to resign after Excel Testing cock up.
theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/we…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 87/ Test and Trace reaches lowest ever proportion of close Covid contacts independent.co.uk/news/health/co…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 88/ Untrained #Serco workers brought in to do clinical assessments for #TestandTrace 😱

https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/1318954758472896513

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 89/ Low-paid workers in England can be entitled to a payment of £500 if they have to self-isolate

But if they're told to isolate by the #ContactTracing app, they can't claim it!
#TestandTrace #testingshambles

https://twitter.com/rowlsmanthorpe/status/1319524133135437826

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 90/ The Government have let #Serco employ 18 yr old untrained call centre workers to make serious clinical decisions, like whether to escalate complex #Covid19UK cases
#TestandTrace
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @MattHancock 91/ Thousands were not contacted by the #TestandTrace app, developed under @didoharding, because it was set at the wrong sensitivity, the government has admitted
thetimes.co.uk/article/softwa…