UK coronavirus live: government falls short of contact-tracing target for ninth week in row

Dido Harding says service will continue to be built; Ed Davey declared leader of Lib Dems; Covid isolation payments could go beyond lockdown areas, says Hancock£13 a day to self-isolate ‘a slap in the face’ for low-paid in EnglandPaul Pogba tests positive for coronavirus, says Didier DeschampsEd Davey elected Liberal Democrat leaderScotland and Wales to buy 12-minute testing machinesGlobal coronavirus latest – live 2.42pm BST Public Health Wales said another person has died having tested positive for coronavirus, bringing its total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,595.The number of cases of Covid-19 in Wales increased by 35, bringing the revised confirmed total to 17,843. 2.35pm BST My colleague Simon Murphy reports that Switzerland and Jamaica are set to be removed from England’s travel corridor list, meaning arrivals from the countries will have to quarantine for two weeks.But Cuba, where the situation has improved, is likely to be added to the list. Ministers are waiting for the latest figures on the Czech Republic before they decide whether to add it as well. Related: England may remove Switzerland and Jamaica from travel corridor list Continue reading…
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