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    More than 15,000 new crown cases not reported in time, UK government says 'no more'

    • Last Update: 2020-10-11
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    On more than 15,000 newly confirmed cases due to "technical problems" did not report in a timely manner, British government officials said on the 5th that the problem has been resolved, will not be committed in the future.
    British health officials previously confirmed that the government found technical problems between September 25 and the same day a total of 15,841 new coronavirus test positive results were not reported to the NHS in a timely manner.
    confirmed cases were then included in the 3rd and 4th data, resulting in a surge in the number of new cases in each of the two days, reaching 12,872 and 22,961, respectively.
    the UK, the cumulative number of new crown cases is close to 503,000, with a cumulative death of 42,350.
    number of new cases in a single day from 29 to 2 last month was much lower than the 3rd and 4th data, which remained at about 7,000.
    British Employment and Pensions Secretary Tracey Coffey told British media on the 5th, "the problem has been found and resolved", she determined that "Public Health England will not allow this problem to re-emerge." More than
    media reports that uk health authorities usually track new coronavirus infections and their close contacts based on test results, and that the timely reporting of data may mean that infected people and their close contacts are not unknowingly self-isolated and may continue to spread the virus.
    British health officials said in the past two days, the test results have been informed of individuals in a timely manner, while asking for the confirmed infected person self-isolation, but failed to track down and inform close contacts in a timely manner.
    The Associated Press reported that in order for the "test-tracking system" to work well, close contacts must be notified and quarantined within 48 hours of the infection being diagnosed, which could not only lead to the continued spread of the virus, but may even prompt the government to introduce more anti-epidemic control measures.
    minister, Matthew Hancock, is due to brief Parliament later on Friday local time on the technical issue.
    have called for the resignation of Dido Harding, head of the NHS's testing and tracking programme.
    Greens MP Caroline Lucas wrote on social media on The 5th that the failure to report the data in a timely manner had led to a number of problems, including "how many close contacts have unknowingly spread the virus" and why Harding "remains in her seat."
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the 5th for the incident "downgraded", said the updated number of confirmed cases is more in line with the prediction of the spread of the new coronavirus.
    , according to him, higher numbers are more "realistic".
    Said Thursday that Britain's new crown outbreak is likely to continue for months, but that "everything will be very different" next spring.
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