The trouble with England's test and trace system – podcast

Josh Halliday on failures in England’s coronavirus contact-tracing system as the government replaces the main public health body in the middle of the pandemicBack in March, the World Health Organization stressed the importance of a well-managed contact- tracing system for containing and suppressing outbreaks of Covid-19. Despite having a functioning localised system for managing disease outbreaks, the government decided to build a new national system for England. The Guardian’s Josh