The Test and Trace Race
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09/17/20
•30m
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As large parts of the north-east of England are put under further restrictions, and figures today reveal only a third of people are receiving their covid test results within 24 hours, what’s going wrong? Adam, Laura and James ask the former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt about what the backlog could mean for the Winter. And, Samantha Bond reads us extracts of the new book by Lady Sasha Squire that’s got everyone in Westminster talking.
Producers: Frankie Tobi, Ben Weisz, Nat Ktena, Alix Pickles Editor: Dino Sofos
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Many thanks to New York Magazine’s The Cut podcast for the audio of Emily Ratajkowski used in this episode.
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