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Compulsory test and trace not ruled out, says Matt Hancock

Guardian, 12 Jun 2020
The health secretary has said he is not ruling out making complying with test and trace compulsory, but he added it was not currently necessary. Tracers in England did not get details of contacts from one-third of people testing positive so far but the executive chair of the system, Dido Harding ,said most people had been not just willing to comply, but enthusiastic
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