Test and trace: how the system is changing

Government replacing thousands of call-centre workers with ‘boots on the ground’ following flawed roll-out

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Government replacing thousands of call-centre workers with ‘boots on the ground’ following flawed roll-out

Thousands of staff at “test-and-trace” call centres are to be axed and replaced with local tracking teams, the government has announced.

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