“NHS Test and Trace is one of the largest testing and contact tracing systems in the world. "The service is working hard to break chains of transmission, with almost half a million people who may otherwise have unknowingly spreading coronavirus contacted and told to isolate.“We are also providing tests at an unprecedented scale – over 240,000 a day on average over the last week – and expanding capacity further to provide 500,000 tests a day by the end of October.”The spokeswoman also said work is ongoing to 'improve the management of households'.She said more information on this will be released shortly, but that their approach 'has been to favour over contacting affected individuals rather than under contact in order to stem the spread.
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