Test and Trace error: Minister unable to give number affected
Test and Trace error: Minister unable to give number affected

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey was unable to say how many closecontacts of coronavirus cases were not contacted because of a technical glitchin the Test and Trace system.

The Cabinet minister was also unable to saywhether those contacts had now been traced following the error that led toalmost 16,000 Covid-19 cases going initially unreported.