06-08-2020, 12:56 PM
Quote:So what happened? One big difference that sets Ceredigion apart was that even before it had recorded its first case of Covid-19, it had set up a "homemade" in-house test track and trace system. The man behind it, Barry Rees, the corporate director for Ceredigion Council, is a scientist by training. He believes contact tracing is the only way of "pursuing the disease then rather than following it". Is this the reason for why the county has emerged unscathed? Has a simple contact tracing system saved hundreds of lives, and what does it mean for the population in life after lockdown who haven't yet built up immunity?How one British town managed to swerve coronavirus outbreak with simple system - Mirror Online