WE are now, and have been for a while, in a phase of easing out of lockdown in which test and trace is essential.
The Test and Trace app still isn’t working properly –despite assurances months ago that it was almost ready – and now we have people being told to attend drive-through centres more than a hundred miles away. In some cases people are being told that their nearest testing centre is across a border or, worst still, across a body of water.
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On top of this, the information being given out by the poor souls answering the phones on the helpline changes depending on who you happen to speak to.
It is little wonder that we have new clusters and local lockdowns appearing all over the UK, including here in Scotland.
A second wave is inevitable.
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