Test and trace glitch 'helped' India variant surge in one of worst hit areas

mirror.co.uk:

A failure in England's Test and Trace system contributed to the surge in the India variant in Blackburn, it has been reported.

The Government has admitted there had been a delay in people who had been in contact with hundreds of others who had tested positive for Covid-19 in Blackburn Number 10 and the Department of Health confirmed there had been a "temporary delay" in the system which contacts people at risk of infection.

And according to the BBC, a government report revealed for three weeks in April and May, eight local authorities in England did not have access to full data on positive tests in their area.

In total 734 positive tests across the eight areas were not reported. There are now almost 3,000 cases of the India variant of