Sheffield, Leeds and Oxford “at risk of local lockdown” after test and trace shrines

Sheffield, Leeds and Oxford could be at risk of local blockade after government testing and trace negligence left up to 16,000 reports Coronavirus Case.

A total of 3,758 additional positive cases officially recorded after a serious calculation error have been seen in the three cities of the United Kingdom, which may be at stake for new restrictions.

The glitch is the latest in a series of embarrassing mistakes from the government regarding the handling of pandemics caused by Downing Street officials using the old Excel spreadsheet format that couldn’t display every row of data. ..

The UK Public Health Service confirmed on Sunday that a total of 15,841 cases were excluded from the figures reported daily between September 25 and October 2.

Later, it became clear that not only was it missing from the statistics, but it was also missing from a significant contact tracing effort led by an outsourced NHS Test and Trace.

PHE claimed that everyone who was initially tested received the test results as usual, and anyone who tested positive was told to self-quarantine.

However, medical adviser Susan Hopkins admitted that unsolved cases were only sent at 1:00 am on October 3, and later, some people were tested and unknowingly spread the disease. After that, it meant that it could take up to a week.

Greg Fel, director of public health at Sheffield, believes that restrictions such as a ban on mixed households are now inevitable in the city.

He told the BBC Radio Sheffield on Monday: “My feeling is that it’s a matter of time, it’s a matter of when, and it’s not.

“I couldn’t decide when, but I think I’m in a space where another council imposed a blockade next month.

“I would be surprised if we last so long.”

“They must sit side by side with additional support for our economy,” Sheffield Mayor Dan Jarvis said if further restrictions were imposed.

Meanwhile, Oxfordshire Public Health Director Ansaf Azhar had already issued a warning last week before the error was discovered. The surge in Oxford cases reports that the city is at risk of “severe” blockades. Oxford Mail.

But Dr. Stephen Griffin, a viral oncologist based at the University of Leeds, said it would be difficult to plan a response to Covid’s case if local governments and national governments couldn’t trust the numbers.

He said Yorkshire Evening Post: “One of the key aspects of the turmoil was that we really needed to understand if local measures were working. Now it would be difficult to understand.

“They need to get us some concrete numbers about whether the rate is down. It’s really hard to reach the bottom of it if you can’t rely on your number of tests-it It’s hard to know what’s going on. “

The prevalence of Leeds per 100,000 increased from 138.8 to 274.5, with 2,177 new cases, Sheffield increased from 91.8 to 233.1, and 1,363 new cases.

Oxfordshire reported 218 new cases over the weekend, and Oxford reported another 101 cases.

Last weekend, the total number of new cases in the county was only 48.

Newcastle, which had already been subject to strict restrictions before the IT failure, saw one of the largest surges in reported cases after the addition of thousands of new cases.

That number is now 399.6 per 100,000 in the seven days to October 1, up from 256.6 last week.

City Council Labor leader Nick Forbes described the mistake as “another catastrophic failure by an incompetent government.”

“Many people aren’t being tracked in time, and I hope that doesn’t mean the city will face even more restrictions as a result,” he added.

Manchester is currently the highest percentage in the UK, with 2,740 records recorded in the seven days to October 1. This is equivalent to 495.6 cases per 100,000 people from 223.2 cases last week.

The incidence of Liverpool increased from 287.1 to 456.4, with 2,273 new cases.

Knowsley is in third place, increasing from 300.3 to 452.1 with 682 new cases.

In other areas that have recorded a sharp increase, Nottingham has increased from 52.0 to 283.9, with 945 new cases.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan He spoke with health minister Matt Hancock with local mayors across Britain, saying the test and tracking system “disappointed London and the country.”

He states: “The delay in reporting nearly 16,000 incidents and tracking their close contact is the latest blunder from the government’s disastrous testing and tracking systems.

“London is at a very serious turning point and the number of cases is increasing, so it is imperative to keep track of the number of cases and instruct contacts to urgently quarantine.

“Today I talk to the Minister of Health with mayors across the country and that a fully functional testing, tracking and quarantine system is the only way to catch the virus and prevent and enable further blockades. Reminded him of. Protect our economy.

“A chain of system problems and failures has disappointed London and the country.”