John Pienaar: Is test and trace working?
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🗓️ 22 June 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
This week Manveen and David take a break as Times Radio presenters host the podcast, ahead of the launch of the station on the 29th June.
The government's Covid-19 contact tracing system is key to helping contain the spread of the virus, but is it fit for purpose?
Guests:
Billy Kenber, Investigations reporter at The Times.
Anonymous contact tracer
Host: John Pienaar, host of Times Radio's drive show.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello? Oh good morning. Am I speaking to case name? A call you don't want to take, but may need to. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm just calling on behalf of the NHS COVID-19 Trace program. I'm phoning to follow up on a |
| 0:26.5 | text you may have received from public health recently. Just asking you to provide the details of the |
| 0:30.9 | people you were in contact with around the time of your COVID-19 |
| 0:34.3 | The system's key to containing coronavirus now and in future lives and livelihoods |
| 0:40.4 | our whole way of life could depend on it, but is it working? |
| 0:44.8 | If it does work, it'll help the government ease current restrictions, but if it doesn't, |
| 0:49.4 | it means more risk of infection, more economic harm. And now the government's search for a |
| 0:54.7 | tracking app has stalled the test and trace program matters more than ever. |
| 0:59.3 | Contact tracing will help us to protect your friends, family, the community and the NHS. |
| 1:04.4 | You're listening to stories about Times from The Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm John Pina. |
| 1:09.0 | As part of the launch of Times Radio next Monday for this week only the podcast is being guest hosted |
| 1:14.6 | by some of the station's presenters like me. Today is Test and Trace Working. This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 1:41.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 1:45.0 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 1:50.0 | Hello, Anica Rice here. |
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| 2:01.0 | Join us as we pull the cork and twist a screw cap on some of our |
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