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Contacts of people infected with coronavirus may need to self-isolate for as little as seven days amid concerns in Whitehall about levels of public compliance with the NHS ‘test and trace system.
Government officials COVID-19 It is understood that the task force is examining the case of reducing the current isolation period from two weeks to between 10 days and one week.
The measure, which would not apply to those who test positive for the disease, comes amid growing dissatisfaction with the performance of the system by ministers and deputies.
Boris Johnson was said to have become “disillusioned” with the statistics provided by the service after they were proven wrong, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
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At the same time, it was said that there were concerns that the prospect of an extended period indoors if Test and Trace were communicating with them was dissuading people from cooperating.
The Telegraph quoted a 10th source as saying, “Compliance is not as high as we would like and self-isolation is key if we are to beat the virus.”
It comes after the NHS Test and Trace, led by conservative Baroness Dido Harding, reached an all-time low last week with only 59.6% of contacts of people who tested positive for the disease and were successfully contacted and they were told to quarantine themselves.
Sir Bernard Jenkin, the most conservative backbencher, launched a scathing attack on the performance of the system, saying that public consent and cooperation were “breaking down”, and called for Baroness Harding to be fired.
