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Did the PM’s decision to halt the contact tracing system leave us too far behind? - BBC Newsnight
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4:25Now PlayingPrime Minister Boris Johnson has said 25,000 contact tracers, able to track 10,000 new coronavirus cases a day, will be in place by 1 June. Subscribe to our channel here
Boris Johnson was accused of leaving a hole in the country's coronavirus defences after halting the testing, tracking, and tracing system on 12 March.
Fast forward until mid-May and the PM has said England will have a "world-beating" tracing system from 1 June.
However, given we are so far behind other countries, including Northern Ireland, is it too late for us to catch up?
James Clayton reports.
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