Department Of Health
February 11
17:59
2021
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As part of the governments COVID-19 winter plan, NHS Test and Trace has set out a new business plan for the next phase of the service.
The plan sets out the approach, working with Public Health England, NHS England and partners, to disrupt and prevent COVID-19 transmission, protect peoples health and enable people to return to a more normal way of life.
February 2021 update
The R?m statistical model, mentioned in the business plan, produced estimates for October 2020 that testing, tracing and self-isolation (on symptom onset or following contact by NHS Test and Trace) could have reduced the R number by around 0.3 to 0.6.
