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I have been informed that I have been in contact in the last week with someone who has tested positive for Covid. They inform we it was with a person in England?? How I asked when I have not been out for nearly 2 weeks, nither has my husband and we have had no visitors and I live in rural Wales?? I have had both jabs and just to be sure I have ordered a PCR test on-line. If the test is negetative will it be ok to go to town later in the week to visit the Library?? I am sure it is error but they say they were informed by NHS England. The rules say that if you have had both jabs etc you do not have to isolate (got this on-line) but the person from Track and Trace never mentioned this. Worried now-how can they make such a mess - I am not even registared with Track and Trace for England or Wales!!
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You don't need to isolate whilst you wait for your PCR results. See here from .gov (unless Scotland has different rules)
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it doesnt matter if you are registered or not if someone puts your phone number or email into the system when they are tested positive then you will also be contacted i dont know how you order a PCR online but you must go to a center you dont do it yourself if its negative then i dont see a need to isolate if you have any symptoms then make sure to isolate
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Oh it says or phone call here so maybe not so sinister
Oh it says or phone call here so maybe not so sinister
My GP surgery has just rung and said they had received notification about the close contact-I explained that I had'nt been anywhere for 2 weeks never mind to England! She said to do the PCR test which is arriving this afternoon and to carry on as normal (wearing a mask). Why do governments make things so complicated?
If you have not been out and have not provided your details to anybody in the last two weeks it is either a scam or a mistake.
//The Track and Trace has cost £millions and has been junk from day one.//
Half right. It has actually cost £billions - £37bn has been allocated to its budget for two years and it spent £22bn of that in the first year. To give you some idea of how much £37bn is, it is more than that planned for housing and the environment (£33bn). It is almost as much as the budget for personal social services (£40bn), not far off that for transport (£51bn), public order and safety (£41bn), more than half the defence budget (£60bn). It is not quite as much as the cost of servicing the nation's debt (£45bn).
It is probably the largest single waste of money of all the wastage that has been lavished on tackling the pandemic.
//The Track and Trace has cost £millions and has been junk from day one.//
Half right. It has actually cost £billions - £37bn has been allocated to its budget for two years and it spent £22bn of that in the first year. To give you some idea of how much £37bn is, it is more than that planned for housing and the environment (£33bn). It is almost as much as the budget for personal social services (£40bn), not far off that for transport (£51bn), public order and safety (£41bn), more than half the defence budget (£60bn). It is not quite as much as the cost of servicing the nation's debt (£45bn).
It is probably the largest single waste of money of all the wastage that has been lavished on tackling the pandemic.
"£37bn has been allocated to its budget for two years and it spent £22bn of that in the first year."
You're half right.
'How much has Test and Trace cost so far?
£37 billion was budgeted for NHS Test and Trace (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Track and Trace) in its first two years. That amount hasn’t been spent yet.
NHS Test and Trace spent £13.5 billion up to April 2021, and its budget for that year was £22.2 billion.
According to a National Audit Office report on its progress, this £8.7 billion underspend was primarily due to the fact that “the high level of demand for testing forecast for January and February 2021 did not materialise, in part due to national lockdown measures.”
NHS Test and Trace is not just the NHS Covid-19 app. It also covers testing services, ‘contain’ activities’ (including identifying local outbreaks and supporting local responses to the pandemic), and tracing services.'
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You're half right.
'How much has Test and Trace cost so far?
£37 billion was budgeted for NHS Test and Trace (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Track and Trace) in its first two years. That amount hasn’t been spent yet.
NHS Test and Trace spent £13.5 billion up to April 2021, and its budget for that year was £22.2 billion.
According to a National Audit Office report on its progress, this £8.7 billion underspend was primarily due to the fact that “the high level of demand for testing forecast for January and February 2021 did not materialise, in part due to national lockdown measures.”
NHS Test and Trace is not just the NHS Covid-19 app. It also covers testing services, ‘contain’ activities’ (including identifying local outbreaks and supporting local responses to the pandemic), and tracing services.'
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