Former postie walked 500 miles tracking down hundreds of people in Manchester who didn't know they had coronavirus

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Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A former postman has been delivering positive Covid-19 results for people who had not responded to messages from test and trace teams.

Mark O’Pray, 42, spent 10 weeks during the pilot project in the city visiting 300 people from Manchester who were unaware of their results.

Working alongside Beswick-based charity 4CT, Mark walked 500 miles to help trace people who the phone teams had been unable to get hold of for their Covid-19 results.

These cases would be passed onto Mark, and others in the team, who set off each day to make visits and talk to the people involved, or leave them a letter with advice on what to do next. “In some cases people