England's Contact-Tracing Goes Local

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick stated on October 11, 2020, he has now admitted that councils are “bound to be better” at contact tracing than centralized Government staff, as media reports indicate local authorities are to be given greater control over the UK's Test and Trace program, reported the London Economic Times.

Jenrick added 'councils that know their “hard-to-reach communities” are bound to do a better job of contact tracing by empowering town hall bosses to deploy local volunteers to knock on doors and ask people to self-isolate.'