Contact tracers stopped asking people where they caught Covid-19 over period of 10 days

Bid to clear backlog meant fewer questions were asked

From December 29 until January 8, the questions asked of people who had tested positive for the virus were scaled back significantly in order for a backlog to be cleared.

Over a 10-day period, people with Covid-19 were not asked where they thought they might have acquired the virus as the country’s contact tracers struggled to overcome a backlog of calls.

From December 29 until January 8, the questions asked of people who had tested positive for the virus were scaled back significantly in order for that backlog to be cleared.