Source · Select Committees · Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Recommendation 172
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Shortly after this seminal failure, in mid-March 2020 responsibility for the testing strategy was taken...
Conclusion
Shortly after this seminal failure, in mid-March 2020 responsibility for the testing strategy was taken over by the Department of Health and Social Care from Public Health England.256 It was not until 18 May 2020, when the first wave of covid-19 had begun to wane in the UK, that widespread community testing for covid-19—and therefore contact tracing—was able to resume.257
Government Response
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